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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1900-12-11
BUGS CAUSE INSANITY.
Skull Borer" Works Havoc Among
Indians In Central America.

Skull Borer" Works Havoc Amone
Indians in Central America.
A little bug which has been found to
be responsible for numerous cases of
insanity prevailing among the Indian
tribes of the Batchua mountains in
Central America was discovered re-
Gently by two American scientists in
vestigating the work of the mound
builders in that section of country The
insect which does such terrible work
is, for want of better name, called
the skull borer." The insanity cases
were found among the criminal class.
who according to custom had been
branded on the shoulder and driven
away into the wilder parts of the
mountains. Here they sleep on the
plateaus, with prickly pear bushes
placed about their bodies so that no
wild animals will disturb them. These
skull borers." which are about the
size, shape and form of a buckshot.
creep from the prickly pear bushes,
and, crawling on to the heads of the
natives, bore holes through the skull.
causing the victims to become violent
ly insane. The Indians could not un-
derstand the cause of the insanity and
thought the victims were possessed by
evil spirits The skull borers" pro-
duced varying kinds of dementia. de-
pending upon the lobe Of the brain in
to which they bored The natives OF
the mountains will not offer the
slightest affront to an insane person
for fear that the evil spirit will leave
that person and seize their own body.
These insane criminals accordingly
were allowed the freedom of the native
towns and were given the choicest
food and shown every favor. Many OF
these insane were liable at any time to
commit murder, but the Batchuas
would not lay hands on them. AS a
result the insane population was seri-
ously threatening the security of life
and property among the Indians, and
even the rulers were helpless.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1900-12-11

The passengers, crew, cargo, fuel
and supplies Of this queer aerial train
are to be carried in what appear to
be little open rowboats, two of which
are attached to the gangway under
each balloon cylinder Between these
boats and from the center of each bal
loon hangs long pendulum with a
round weight at the bottom. This
weight is attached to ropes extending
into each of the two boats, where the
crew, by pulling the weight back to-
ward the stern or forward toward the
bow, cause the vessel to slant. re-
spectively upward or downward, and
to thus elevate or lower itself as it
travels. The locomotive and each
trailer are provided with this novel
balancing gear. To drive the air crews
of his locomotive Count Zeppelin will
doubtless employ whatever form of
motor proves most satisfactory in the
course Of his present experiments.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1900-12-11

These bags, when put into their re-
spective chambers, will be collapsed
like so many footballs out Of which
the air has entirely escaped. They are
to be filled with gas after being put
in place. Thus If cannon ball were
to penetrate the body of the aerial To-
comotiye or of one of its trailers its
damage would be confined simply to
the gas bag which ii happened to hit
That could be easily replaced Even
when all of these gas bags are col
lapsed the stiff, cylindrical skeleton of
each vehicle will retain it's form. In
each compartment is to be left free
space, into which the gas receptacles
can expand when the aerial train is
ascending to great attitudes"
Count Zeppelin evidently expects to
perfect an aerial express which will
reach a great height above the earth,
where as all flying craft thus far made
has aspired only to the lower strata
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1900-12-11
Extra Pay for soldiers.

The owner of one of the big sloups
that has sailed many races in these
and contiguous waters is said to be
running the cleanest and most dignified
of all sports by raising the wages of
his sailors to an unprecedented height.
There is to be a general protest all
along the line. He explains the situa-
tion in this way: q am given to the
most awful swearing whenever L get
on salt water, and several of my best
men left me a year ago on account of
it,vowing they would never again ship
on my boat if intended to take active
command. Well, as l believe in sail
ing my own vessel they kept their
word. This season l made new deal
which was no less than an agreement
with my crew that their wages would
be doubled provided they never resent
ed by look or deed my swearing. You
see, can now go on deck and cuss out
the whole lot of EN- without having
one SO much as seem injured It is a
great pleasure to be able to vilify,
abuse and browbeat d fellow whenever
you please and call him all the names
in the calendar with certainty tnat
he won't come back at you."-New
York Press.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1900-12-11
PROSPECTOR
IN ROCKIES.&

The prospector is the adventurer of
the Rockies, says writer in Ainslee's
Magazine. From the moment he starts
upon his career in the mountains, leav-
ing behind him the collection of color
less and wind-beaten shanties, known
as "the city" adventures greet him
at every turn. As he picks his way
through a Wilderness of rocks and
fallen trees, having left the meager
trail far behind, ever on the lookout
for a faint sign of the outcropping of
the precious metal, his passage is al
most sure to be disputed by wild
beasts. But what an excitement there
is in seeking for goldl 1t is stronger
and more intense than that of the
gambler at the green table, stalking
his last dollar on the turn of card.
The prospector may be penniless, he
may have put his last cent into the
grub" that is now fastened onto the
back of his burro; yet one stroke of
his pick is likely to uncover treasure
that will transform him into a mill
lionaire. He sits down to a meager
meal, cooked over a rude fire between
a few stones. but all the time feels
about him the presence Of gold. Per-
haps his fire is built on the end of
ledge that is "choelSful" of gold; per-
haps he is sitting on rich outcropping
that is simply covered with small
stones, perhaps there is gold beneath
the big tree just across the ravine.
Gold may be everywhere, if he can
only find It, He must find it. Surely
his luck is not less than other mems.
And SO he goes on, scaling the loftiest
peaks where snow lies all the year
round. and even his heavy blankets
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1900-12-11

world, and doubtless has not dreamed
that American letters patent can be
pried into by inquisitive newspaper
men. Inasmuch aa he made good his
original ambition to give the world a
steerable ariship which would trans
port men, there is some substantial
foundation for the anticipation that
we will all-early in the dawning
twentieth century-be riding about in
his arerial express trains of detach-
able cars-trains which literally run
upon "air lines"
Now, this is how the successful
airship inventor promises to build his
yestibulte train of flying cars. The
details are set forth in his own speci-
feations, now fled in the patent Of
flee. The locomotive and trailers are
all 10 be Bologna sausage shaped and
similar in general appearance to the
Zeppelin airship now being tested.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1900-12-11
Greenland Journalism.

Journalism in Greenland Is repre-
sented by a single paper and to its
proprietor, Mr. Moeller is due the
credit of educating a large number of
the natives, because he not only print
ed the paper for them, but also taught
them how to read it. This wonderful
ly energetic man performs single
handed the functions of editor. re-
porter, proprietor, distributor and
business manager. The entire paper,
which is printed in Godthaab, is the
product of his own pen. Some time
ago he set up a primitive printing es-
tablishment, and every two weeks
he performs a long journey on skates
to dispose of his journal. Originally
it contained only few crude illustra-
tions, but gradually other matter was
introduced until now it contains arti-
cles on the affairs of the day. The
man actually taught his subscribers
to read his paper, first introducing
words, then sentences, and now arti-
cles on the topics of the day.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1900-12-11
Leads a Life OF
Hardship That
Few Would Care
to Follow. >. -

are not sufficient to Keep him warm
at night, diving into all sorts Of cav
erns and riffs In the rock, exploring
caves only perhaps to be chased out
by wild beast occupants, Drawing a
thousand dangers that he may find
the means of passing the rest OF his
days in ease And how does It all
end? In most cases the daring pros
pector who sets out alone meets his
death miles and miles away from any
human being. How, nobody ever
knows. His bones may never be
found. He disappears as completely
as last winters snow But should the
prospector strike it rich his adventures
will go on as long as he remains in
the Rocky mountains If his find is
worth anything as poor mans
claim" he will put up a rude cabin
and go to digging, coneealing what
gold he takes out in place secret to
himself But he will have to guard
1t all the time, for covetous miners
who are not so fortunate would not
hesitate to take his life II they could
get possession of his little pile Of yell
low metal. His rifle must be ready
to use it at the first sign. At night
he must sleep with one eye open. II
a stranger approaches the cabin he
must be ready to dispute his right to
be there. The few years man may
put in at this kind of life are most
wearing, and should the prospector
conquer all risk and set back to his
native town with a pile" his friends
will look upon him as an old man.
though he is still under 40. Only the
unknowing ones will envy his forA
tune.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1900-12-11
VTR TUE I'M
OPEN AIR
Outdoor Life Gives
Our Women Bet
ter Health. SSS

side, while the left side fails to re-
spond. Wheeling gives less exercise
to the chest and arms, but develops the
muscles in the lower half of the body.
The same is true of nearly all other
sports. Now, the true athlete passes
from one form of exercise to another.
He punches the bag for a time, vaults
with a pole, runs a mile, jumps into
the tanks and swims around, tries the
horizontal bar, throws the hammer and
jumps and runs until there is hardly
a muscle in the body left undeveloped
That in a sense should be the ideal
standard for the woman, who plays
games or takes other forms of recrea-
tion for the health. Let the attention
be confined to no form to the exclusion
OF all others.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1900-12-11
B,er Gardens in Theateru.

In Germany theaters frequently have
beer gardens annexed. These enjoy a
large patronage. The best record in
this respect is probably held by the
new Royal William theater at Stutt-
gart, which, during the three months
from June l to August 81, 1900, had
an average patronage Of no fewer than
1,600 persons a day. The quantity of
beer consumed each day averaged one
quart per head The papers of Stutt-
gart are quite elated over the results
and the German press at large is using
the success of the beer garden as an il
lustration for the argument that there
is still room in the large cities for
more theaters of this kind.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1900-12-11

The fact that we are rearing UP a
healthier generation of women than we
did a decade ago is sufficient evidence
that the advocacy of outdoor life, open
air breathing and good sanitary ar
rangements of our homes is produc-
ing remarkable results. Some people
may not attribute to these causes the
revolution that has been accomplished,
but they are primarily at the bottom
of the whole change The old-time no.
tion that woman slaving at her
household duties or working outdoors
should be healthy because she received
abundant exercise, is not the modern
idea of what makes health. They
sometimes had too much labor exercise
and dragged out their life. Others
worked so steadily at certain lines of
work that one system Of muscles was
developed at the expense of others.
The resultant effect was not good
health 1t was rather one-sided devel-
opment that sooner or later made room
for lameness and disease which at
tackled the weak parts Of the system.
The unfortunate circumstances which
make many woman toll for her daily
bread do not preclude her from attain
ing health and strength The weari-
ness which they often feel, and which
they wrongly attribute to too much
exercise, is often due to foul air, lack
of variety in exercise and monotony of
work. When shop hours are over, in
stead of returning home to rest up and
lay off, or possibly do light work
around the house, it would be better if
they could take a brisk walk in the
open air or take a little gymnastic ex.
ercise. Diversion Of some kind in the
open air is what they require. and next
to this is the development of the mus
cles which are relaxed all day. Find
out what sets of muscles are employed
In the daily work, and then try to
make all the others in the body come
up to the same standard ot develop
ment. 1t is this all round muscular
development that makes a person
strong and vigorous. Outdoor games
and recreations come the nearest to-
ward accomplishing this than any 9TH
er form of exercise, and for that reason
they are counted the best health-pro-
Iducers of the age, surprising drugs and
medicines Of the apotheeary or physi-
clan. Some games, Of course, have
their one-sided tendency, and if not
supplemented by others, they may
cause injury in this way. Thus tennis
played to the exclusion of all other
games strengthens the right arm and
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1900-12-11
A DobHG
Farm *

not in the least be shaken in their al
legiance by the masses Of double tri-
umphs of the florists art aud patience.
in Mr.. Burt's fields, for there are long
rows of single dahlias growing with a
freedom and decorative grace youeh-
safed no other variety.
AS for that latest addition to dahlla
varieties, the cactus, even the most
passionate devotees OF the single form
must acknowledge the surprising
beauty Of the newcomer. It is to the
old double forms what the japanese
chrysanthemum was to the few formal
Chinese varieties that were our earl
est acquaintance-a contribution Of
airy, Irregular grace and elegance The
petals are longer and lighter looking
and the color oftenest yellow, but oc-
casionally a reddish purple adds great
ly to the effectiveness of the flower.
According to Mr.. Burt the dahlia
is of the easiest culture. The same
treatment that will produce an abund-
ant crop Of petatoes-light air, room,
a thoroughly pulverized soil filed with
food-will produce an abundant crop
of dahlias, bloom and tubers, though
not all varieties are Of equal ecastltu-
tional vigor Some lavish producers
of the choicest flowers are meager
root makers. To secure a fairly uni
form size among his mailing stock Mr..
Burt grades his varieties according to
their characteristics, giving those deli
cate the heaviest application of fer
tilizer rich in potash. He uses both
barnyard and commercial fertilizers,
the dahlia fields are plowed and cross
plowed, the tubers are planted in rows
precisely like potatoes, cnd after the
young plants pierce the ground the
cultiyator is kept going until their
lusty growth forbids. Happily, with
the dahlia there are no insects 10 fight,
but the flower is very sensitive TO
frost. Mr.. Burt constantly increases
his collection with the choicest OF ma
tive and foreign novelties, the best !.
from England, where, strange
ly, climatic conditions seem to suit
the native of Mexico. September is
the month when the dahlia is at its
best in this country, but this year Mr..
Burt's fields were in their fullest
glory in October
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1900-12-11

doorkeeper, they do" "They are
washed free, shaved free. fed free,
amt they?" inquired the visitor.
Eyes, sir" answered the doorkeeper,
"and they are lodged free, too. Do
you see that big building?" pointing to
the Library of Congress. That's
where they sleep, and the beds are
soft as down. That's all l want to
know" announced the hayseed, jubi-
lantly. II never did take much inter-
est in politics, but I'll be gosh darned
if l don't go straight home and run
for Congress" - Washington Letter
New York Tribune.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1900-12-11

A visit to the dahlia farm Of H. T.
Burt of Taunton, Mass, must be rev.
elation to any save a commercial
grower or an enthusiastic, up-to-date
fancier of the flower The dahlia has
had its ups and downs Of popularity,
but since that general fever of enthu-
siasm when the European gardeners
had at last succeeded in semi-doubling
and doubling the new conner from
Mexico. garden lovers, true flower
devotees, have mostly been cold, when
they were not hostile, to the florists
flower, "the big, top-heaVy round-upon-
round of petals auted and quilted with
depressing uniformity. Even its
velvet surface. its superb tinting. its
fantastic freakishness of color COM
binations, even the pictorial helpful
ness Of the plant in the garden scheme
and even that strongest argument, its
long season of bloom, rising to its
greatest splendor after the autumn
rains, failed to win it any warmth OF
appreciation. That came first from
artistic, discerning flower lovers to the
single dahlia, when modern taste and
feeling began to insist upon their
restoration to their true place in the
garden.
But that appreciation has persistent
ly remained "cayiare to the general"
and the dahlia in any form, SO infre-
quently and scantily appears in the
ordinary gardens that farm devoted
to its culture seems as If 1t must be
an indulgence to the craze Of a wholly
uncommercial specialist. But Mr..
Burts seven acres Of dahlias mean
business and as, beginning with
single plant, he has gone on to the
1900 varieties that crowd these acres
and has been a dozen years in the
work, it Is plain that dahlas have
standing and a future. All kinds there
have been, but the addition of the cac-
tus form to the single, great double
and pompon ones familiar to most peo
pie, but the variations upon these
four motives in color, texture, size,
shape, curve and flmbriation of petal,
in foliage, robustness and manner of
growth of the plant, seem endless to
the visitor treading these mazes of
bloom. Single flower loyalists will
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1900-12-11
SEA SONGS.
The Origin of Rule britannia Was a
Princes Order.

The Origin of Rule Britannia' Was a
Princes Order.
Songs of the Sea" from the subject
of an instructive sketch by Alan Wal
ters in Temple Bar. He claims that
England is richer in sea songs than
any other country. Dutchman and
German and Norseman and Dane have
only a few And who ever heard Of
a French sea song worthy the name?"
We are told of the earlier composers.
But: I'VE possessed no real national
song of the sea until James Thomson
received a commission to write words
for a musical medley at the Prince Of
Wales private theater, at Cliefden, in
Buckinghamshire, on the first of
August, 1740. The result was Rule
Britannia" set to music by Arne, and
touched up afterwards by Lord Boiling
broke. So the watchword song OF
Britons all over the earth was written
to the order of prince who had no
English sympathies, and whose nauti-
cal knowledge was bounded by trips
from Whitehall to Twickenham, in
company with pretty ambassadresses."
Charles Didbin, who wrote 1900 songs
the best numbering only a score
was the "Tyrtaeus of our fleet;" yet
he made some glaring mistakes, and
his ideal of seaman was ''hopelessly
unreal" The writer inquiries why
Scott or Wilson or Southey never
wrote a sea song. but they left the task
to the Dibdins. He fears that the age
of sea songs is past.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1900-12-11

A photographer at Seneca, Kan. re-
Gently took one of the most unioue
groups that ever stood before cam
era. In Centralia there is a woman
who is living with her second husband
having been divorced from her FIRST
The other day the divorced husband
visited the town and called on bis
former wife and ner new partner
Seized by an impulse. the woman pro-
posed that all three should have their
pictures taken together. The husbands
mad no objections and the group pro-
ceeded to the photographer. where a
likeness was taken with the woman
standing between the two men
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1900-12-11

The Queen of Portugal has private
album of questions, Of which one is.
Can women love plain-looldng men?'
To this the Empress of Russia replies.
"Yes-if handsome men are not to be
had Queen Margherita of Italy puts
the case this way: Between fifteen
and thirty women can love none hiit a
handsome man; after fifty they'll have
man of any kind" Princess Henry
of Battenberg takes the practical view
that the question is one which ought
to be governed by the maxim: Hand
some is as handsome does"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1900-12-11

Among recent visitors to the Capitol
was an old man from nearby pro.
vilcial district who took deep interest
in the comforts provided for the peo-
pies servants'I tell you what it is he
said to one of the doorkeepers, Con
gresham have a mighty easy time of
it. don't they2" "YeA" admitted the
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1900-12-11

The framework or skeleton of each
is to be made OF hollow tubes,
wire rope, wire gauze and
netting, over which is to be
stretched an outer shell of silk or
slmllar material. The cylinder of each
vehicle thus formed will be stiffened
by partition walls. affording comport-
ments or chambers. into which uni
form gas bags will IL introduced.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1900-12-11

any direction. Thus connected, a
long train a la Zeppelin will have the
appearance of a string of giant saus-
ages. The vestibule at each point Of
juncture will be a covering sheet
allowing free movement, but prevent
ing wind from blowing in between the
trailers and causing resistance. With
these coverings in place the connected
train will appear like gigantic elon-
gated worm.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1900-12-11
AERIAL FAST EXPRESS TIE LATEST

Count Zeppelin. whose new airship
now has the world in a fiutter, has re-
eeived from the patent Office at Wash
lngton a patent for flying locomo-
tive which win draw in free air a
yestibule train of aerial trailers loaded
with men and freight. The Count
has evidently held this invention in
store, hoping to soon spring it as an
other surprise upon the scientific
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1900-12-11

of atmosphere. The higher a balloon
envelope goes above the earth the
larger is swells, and at great attitudes
an explosion of the ingenious old
Counts aerial express would probably
result if he did not take the precau-
tion noted. Beneath the aerial loco
motive aEsNs each trailer is TO be placed
a gangwaT or running board rigidly
connected TO the main framework.
Along this the conductor is presum-
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1900-12-11
Germans Give ractlcal In.truo,Iop.

Twenty-seven japanese and II Chi
nese officers are attached to the Ger
man army for instruction, being rep
resentatives Of other foreign armies.