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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1900-11-08

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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1900-11-08

The stomach is is our best friend
and the next best Is the "Perfectv
Baking Powder.I is chemically pure
and assists digestion. j "A. Ware. .Jr.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1900-11-29
"Listen,'' she said, ITO the voice Of

"Listen," she said, Ito the voice Of
your cbarmer."
She touched lever, and the instru-
ment was set working. Immediately
there came out from the transmitter
slowly spoken and carefully punctu-
ated sentence, the language and phras-
ing of which at once reminded Eden
of the works with which he was so
familiar. But the voice was the voice
of an old man.
Almost Immediately Margaret
stopped the machine and drew the cur
tain again over the alcove.
"There," she said, sis Margaret King,
the novelist. / am merely the feshly
representative of that exalted person
age. I need not tell you the reasons
for this collaboration of ours. It is
sufficient that the public buy the books.
Now," she concluded, looking up at him
with a little smile, II would advise you
to go and seek another kindred SOUL"
Max thought the matter over for a
moment, and then he, in his turn,
blushed furiouslv.
"Look here" he blurted out, "you
must have thought me an awful fool!"
~ did, rather!" was the demure re-
ply.
"And you will think me worse one
now. To tell the truth, think it would
make difference if she happened to
be old and plain"
''Then it was not altogether matter
of the soul?" said Miss King, wickedly.
NO." said Eden, humbly, lit was
you"
"Good-by," said the girl, holding out
her hand.
snake it 'au rcvoir,'" he pleaded.
She kept him waiting, as self-re-
specting girl always does.
eau revoir. then" she said, at last.
snow you must CO.,
"-And you will forgive me for not fall
ing in love with your soul?" he asked,
pausing in the doorway.
"That is my business" said Margaret,
gently closing the door.
And Max did not remember until he
was back in his chambers, that he had
not got a line of copy for the Avenue
MagaZine.-Sketch. ..
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1900-11-29
CONQUERED BY SMELL.
A Safe Way of Driving Skunks from
Their Holes Has Been Dis
covered.

Though the price of peltry has been
low for the past three years, a man
may still earn a fve-dollar bill with
four skunk skins, and he can fire.
quently kill from six to ten of the ami
mails in night. Even such earnings,
however, cannot induce many men to
hunt the malodorous animals, and the
professional skunk hunters them
selves are ever casting about for some
newand safe way of taking the beasts,
says an eastern exchange.
had been the favorite method for two
or three years, though it was found
costly on account of the large number
of tame skunks that were killed in the
conflicts. Then Henry Damon, of East
Hampden, Me-, made discovery that
will no doubt place his name among
the benefactors of his race. Damon is
a physician without diploma, who
effects his cures by employing the
remedies that he seeks in the fields
and woods. Finding skunk oil needful
in his practice, he caught a young
skunk and deodorized it, keeIing the
animal as pet about the house.
One day when he was stirring
liquid extract of lovage leaves the
skunk climbed over the side of the
dish and fell in, where it would have,
been drowned had not Damon made a
timely rescue. The following evening
Damon went on hunt in company
with his pet. No sooner had the low
age-scented skunk entered the ground
than big, fat skunks began to emerge
from every hole in the hill, scurrying
away and sneezing and choking with
disgust. Damon killed more than 40
animals, and, having skinned them,
went home fully assured that his for
tune was made. Since then he has
added two new inmates to his den of
odorless skunks, and let's them out on
commission, charging 40 per cent. of
the gross earnings for his snare of the
spoils. Before sending them to the
holes he dips his pets in the lovage
extract, after which the most bellig-
erent wild skunk will run through
fire or leap over a precipice sooner
than face the smell of the abhorred
vegetable.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1900-11-29

4 SENATORIAL committee is now
~ investigating the subject of the
big trees of California and their
rapid destruction by lumbermen.
These giants of the forest are dis
tinctive American species and are
found only along the Pacific coast,
where they constitute one of the
sights for which tourists travel hun
dreds of miles. But without govern
ment protection they will soon have
passed away. for the woodlands AK
is wreaking destruction among them,
and the massive trunks that have
stood for centuries are being rapidly
turned into lumber to meet the de-
mands of commerce.
Residents of California trust that .
way of saving them may be found;
that the groves in which they are To-
Gated may all pass into the hands of
the government as national parks.
There are but ten of these groves,
and the trees they contain are the
oldest living things in the world, and
of these ten groves but one is fully
protected by government ownership.
The majority of the others are owned
by private interests and the great
trees are being cut into lumber by 40
sawmills. Even the lumbermen are
not averse to the saving of the trees,
though they desire pay for their hold
ings. From commercial point of
view they are not profitable timber
because of the enormous waste in cut
ting them. When one falls it is sure
to break because of it's great height
aud weight, and even after it is down
the waste has but begun, for it must
he worked in transportable shape by
the use of dynamite, and this again
destroys much of the timber by splin-
tering it.
The people Of California are anxious
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1900-11-29
MORE ARTILLERY MEN NEEDED
ent Force II Entirely Inadequate
to Serve the Armament.

Accompanying the repo1 of Maj.
Gen. Brooke, commander of the de-
partment of the east, to the war de-
partment, was report by Maj. Story,
Seventh artillery, inspector. Maj.
Story states that the personnel of
the artillery is manifestly inadequate
to serve the armament already mount
ed, and he believes there is such gen.
eral recognition of this fact that
there will be an increase in artillery
forces at the coming session of con-
gress.
st should be remarked in this con-
nection," he says, 'that the enlisted
force required for one relief to serve
the modern coast armament in this
military department is estimated at
1910 men, yet on the 30th of last
June the enlisted strength of the
heavy batteries in the department
amounted to only 1883 men, and of
these quite number of artillery SOL
diers are required by the exigencies
of the service to garrison posts which
are not properly artillery stations.
1T may also be stated that, with
the exception of the artillery school
at Fort Monroe, Va. there is not in
any important harLor in the United
States even the minimum number OF
officers required by the coast artil'
lery regulations for the service of the
modern armament, fire control and
direction"
Maj. Story comments upon the ar
tillery reorganization bill now pend
ing in congress, and says it is a seri'
Gus defect of the measure that il
does not supply sufficient officers fol
staff administration.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1900-11-29
The Passing Of the BIG
TREES of California
Some Facts About the Giants That the Government
Is Now Trying to Save

with the biggest and tallest trees, the
most uncontaminated surroundings
and practically all the literary and
scientific associations of the species
connected with it, has been purchased
recently by lumberman who came
into full possession on the 1st of April,
1900. The Sequoia and General Grant
national parks, which are supposed
to embrace and give security to
large part of the remaining big trees,
are eaten into by sawmill each, and
by private timber claims amounting
to total of 1,172.87 acres. The rest
of the scanty patches of big trees arc
in fair way to disappear-in Gala
veras, Tuolumne. Fresno and Tularo
counties they are now Disappearing
by the ak. In brief, the majority of
the big trees of California, certainly
the best of them, are owned by people
who have every right, and in many
cases every intention, to cut them in
to lumber.
The Calaveras grove was the first
one discovered, having been found in
1s41 by John Bidwell, afterward can.
didate for member of congress from
California. Just how and when the
other groves of big trees were found
is difficult to determine. AS early as
1864 Prof. Brewer. of Yale, and q
party from the California geological
survey visited the Calaveras and Mari.
posa groves and also several big tracts
in the region of Kings river, and by
1870 the majority OF big trees had
been located.
The extreme age attained by tho
big tree is still an unsettled ques-
ton. Statements on the subject vary
considerably, some appearing to be
exaggerations. One great difficulty,
however, in settling the question of
age, at least for existing trees, is the
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1900-11-29
WEN 4 GIFTS HOME.

It's moughty tiahsome layin' 'roun'
Dis sorrer-laden EARLY groun',
An oftentimes I thinks. thinks I,
'Twould be sweet ting des to die.
An 60 long home.
Home whaih de frien's loved IL say:
ives waited flu you many day,
Come hyeah an res yo'self, an know
You's done wild sorrer an wild woe,
Now you's at home.''
Wen gifts home some blessid day.
l lows to th'ow my caihs erway,
An up an down de shinin' street.
Go singin' sof' an low an sweet,
Wen I gifts home.
wish de day was neah at han,
Is tiahed of dis grievin lam.
Is tiahed of de lonely yeahs,
I want to des dry up my teahs,
An 60 long home.
oh, Mastah, won't you SEN de call?
Ny frien's is daih, my hope, my all.
Is waitin' whaih de road is rough,
I want to hyeah you say: Enough,
or man, come home!'
Paul Laurence Dunbar. in Saturday Ever
ing Post.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1900-11-29

lack of proper number of trunk Sec
lions on which to count the rings of
annual growth, thus giving unques-
tionable data on age.
Ring countings from PROSTATE and
burned or 'decayed trunks and Sec
tions of trees felled for other pur-
poses than ring counting have large
ly furnished the basis of the age esti-
mates made so far, and from these
countings age estimates have been
made for trees of other sizes which
could not of course be cut down.
These generalizations not being
based on ring countings from series
of trunk sections representing the
full range in diameter of all trees now
known, the statements as to the ex-
IRENE age possible for these trees
are necessarily approximate. 1t is the
opinion of Mr.. Hutchings that the
average rate of growth is one inch in
diameter for every IL years, which
would make a tree IS feet through
5000 years old. Mr.. Muir's observa-
tions also roughly corroborate this
theory.
The ownership of the big tree tim
Der lands of California is divided
among the state, the federal govern.
ment and private individuals.
Private holdings include by far the
greater part of the big trees. and, ex.
cept some groves in Tulare county.
they are held by sawmill or logging
companies. The large tract on Kings
river is almost entirely so owned; and
the famous Calaveras of Mammoth"
grove, which has been carefully pre-
served since the early sos, is now
owned by man who is said to repre-.
sent lumber syndicate. The big trees
of Fresno county are controlled by
the Sanger Lumber company. The
rest of the southern tracts in and
about and to the south of the Sequoia
national park are divided chiefly into
small areas among private owners.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1900-11-29

that the noble giants should be al
lowed to stand and that the govern
ment should own them, and that
seems the only solution for the prob
lem if they are not to be destroyed
by the woodlands ak.
Before the glacial period the genus
of big trees called sequoia fourished
widely in the temperate zones of three
continents. There were many species,
and Europe, Asia and America had
each it's share. But when the ice fields
moved down out of the north the lux
uriant vegetation of the age de-
clined, and with it these multitudes
of trees. One after another the diff
ferent kinds gave way, their remains
became buried, and when the ice re-
ceded just two species, the big tree
and redwood, survived. Both grew in
California, each separate from the 9TH
er, and each occupying, in COMPARE
son with it's former territory, mere
island of space. AS we know them
now, the redwood lives only in mar
row strip of coast ranges 10 to 30
miles wide, extending from just with
in the southern border of Oregon to
the Bay of Monterey, while the big
tree is found only in small groves scat
tered along the west slope of the
Sierra Nevada mountains, from the
middle fork of the American river to
the head of Deer creek, distance of
26O miles. The utmost search reveals
but ten main groups, and the total
number of stable trees in these
groups must be limited to figures in
the thousands. It is, moreover, the
plain truth that all the specimens
which are remarkable for their size do
not exceed 500.
The big trees are unique in the
world-the grandest, the largest, the
oldest, the most majestically graceful
of trees-and, if it were not enough
to be all this, they are among the
scarcest of known tree species and
have the extreme scientific value of
being the best living representatives
of former geologic age. 1t is tree
which has come down to us through
the vicissitudes of many centuries
solely because of its superb qualifica-
tons. Its bark is often two feet
thick and almost incombustible. The
Oldest specimens felled are still sound
at the heart. and fungus is an enemy
unknown to it. Yet with all these
means of maintenance the big trees
have apparently not increased their
| range since the glacial epoch. They
have only just managed to hold their
own on the little strip of country
| where the climate is locally favorable.
At the present time the only grove
thoroughly safe from destruction is
the Mariposa. and this is far from
| being the most interesting. Most OF
the other groves are either in process
of, or in danger of, being logged. The
very finest Of all, the Calaveras grove,
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1900-11-29
Monument Nenr Sahara Desert.

A monument statue of the late Car
dinal Lavigerie was recently dedicated
at Biskra, on the confines of the Sa-
hara desert The cardinal is repre-
sented standing, his eyes turned to-
ward the desert, holding in his right
hand his pastoral cross, which he
seems to be planting in that desert
land toward which went forth all his
aspirations as Bishop and colonizer.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1900-11-29
Most unfashionable.

"My gracious!" suddenly exclaimed
little Mabel Blugore, who had been day.
dreaming, Il suppose there's no help
for it,
"What are you thinking of, dear?"
asked her mamma.
'sWhy, was just thinking when we
die we'll have to wear ready-made
heavenly robes for few days till We
can be fitted."-Philadelphia Press.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1900-11-29
What occasioned the Trouble.

what OCC011OmeU INC ITUUUTes
"Their engagement is broken, l I'M
derstand.'
ooh, yes"
What was the reason?"
"Why, both were satisfied that they
could live on bread and cheese and
Kisses but when they got down to
details they discovered that each OF
them contemplated supplying nothing
but the kisses. Chicago Post.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1900-11-29
True 70 HI. Promise.

Mrs. Synnex-When Tom asked me 70
have him he promised me that my lightest
Mrs. Sauer-And, of course, that was all
the promise amounted to-mere empty
words.
"No; won't say that. Tom always re-
spects my lightest wishes. It is in matters
of importance where he is bound to have
his own way.-Boston Transcript.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1900-11-29

Tackleton-"I'm glad your yacht beat
Bragman's He was blowing SO much be-
fore the race. It's your turn now. He
laughs best who laughs last" Mainsel-
eyes, but say, rather: He laughs best who
tufts first "-Philadelphia Press
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1900-11-29
The Seminary Kind.

Johnson-Does your wife speak French!
Thompson-She thinks she does.
you don't speak it, do you?"
mo"
"Then how do you know she doesn't?"
IT watched a French walters face the
other day when she was talking to him, and
I'll be blamed if he didn't look as if he had
the toothache. Detroit Free Press.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1900-11-29

Qualified Praise.-Brown-'Do you be-
.ieve in sea bathing?" Robinson-"Oh, yes,
I think so. Many people have been known
to survive it."-Town Topics.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1900-11-29

Haows Peckham St. Globe Village,
Mass, restoring health
troubles nothing
sufficient
scky child
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1900-11-29
for tho
Blood and
Nerves
Dr.. Greene:s
MeI'vuIra


lives Parents should realize their duty child who
epilepsy St. vus dance Yet child would troubled by them
Dr. Greenes Neura the first
Charles [. ANcRay, q nightly ssfeensed pohaoe
officer; who resfdes At ~ Myrtle ST, Now Bedford,
Mass, 8ay8s
lei
blood immediate
returned able
the Greene IS West 18th Street. New York
and free CHARGE
personally or by letter.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-09-23
EH DISTRICTS IRE MlD[
GOV. LIND CREATES POLLING
PLACES IN NORMAN AND 9TH
Err COUNTIES
COUNTRY Is SETTLING FAST
Registration of Voters Larger and
Material Advantage VIII Ensuc
From the Aet-Judges
Are Appointed.

Gov. Lind has issued q proclamation
creating new election districts and poll
ing precincts in unorganized and partially
organized counties of the state He also,
by the same official act. appoints the
first judges of election in these respective
districts
These districts and precincts are Great
ed in the counties of Norman which is
given three new polling places, Becker,
Carlton and st. Louis the first having
one and the other two counties, one poll
ing place between them.
The Norman county polls are located
respectively at Warren's hotel, at Twin
Lakes, with Alfred Warren, Louis Mon
nypenny and Frank Morrison judges; at
the home of Michael Spry in township
141, with Michael Spry John Rogers and
Dan McDougal as Judges, and the third
at Beaulieu in the Mcintosh hotel, with
Alex Mckenzie ST., Michael Defee and
John Mckenzie, Judges.
The Becker county polls are to be at
the Beaulieu warehouse in White Earth
village and Geo. A. Berry, Daniel Wea-
yer, Joseph A. Morrison are the judges.
Carlton and St. Louis will have theirs
on the old Fond du Lac Indian reserva-
ton in the government school building.
William Coffey, Frank Godfrey and JOS.
eph Defoe are the judges.
These counties are rapidly becoming
more Tricky populated and the act Of the
governor will initiate to the very great
advantage of the settlers and older resi-
dents. The places selected for holding
| the elections are those most suited for
the purpose, by reason of their location
with reference to the location Of the
voters. The creation Of these districts
will be met with general delight by the
citizens whe are to be benefited thereby.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-09-23
A DAILY NUISANCE.
A Simple Remedy Which VIII Inter-
est Catarrh Sufferers.

"A simple 6em2uF ~ h1Ch Will inter-
est Cntarrh Sufferers.
In its earlier stages catarrh is more of a
nuisance than menace to the general
health, but, sooner or later, the disease
extends to the throat bronchial tubes
and even to the stomach and 1ntestines
Catarrh is essentially a disease of the
mucous membrane, the local symptoms
being a profuse discharge of mucous STOP
page of the nostrils, irritation in throat
causing coughing, sReeziRg, gagging and
frequent clearings of The throat and head
The usual treatment by local douches,
snuffs, salves, etc, often gives temporary
relief, but anything like d cure can only
be obtained by treatment which re-
moves the catarrhal faint from the hood
and the disappearance of the Inflammation
from the mucous surfaces
n new remedy, which meets these re-
quirements and which so far has been re-
markedly successful in curing catarrh Is
Stuarts Catarrh Tablets.
These tablets act upon the blood and
mucous membranes only. They can hard
~ be called a secret patent medicine, as
they are composed of such valuable rem
edies as SanguinaTia, Hydrastin, Euca-
lyptol and similarly cleansing antisep-
tics, which cure by eliminating from the
blood and mucous surfaces the catarrhal
poison.
Stuarts Catarrh Tablets are large,
pleasant tasting Iozenges, taken inter
nally, allowing them to dissolve slowly
in the mouth; in this way they reach the
throat, fauces and the entire alimentary
canal
If desired. they may also be dissolved in
water and used as a oouche, in addition
to the internal use, but it is not at all
necessary to use a douche; few of them
dissolved In the mouth daily viii be suf
f1cient However, when there is much
stoppage of the nose, douche made
from these tablets viii give immediate
relief, but the regular daily use internal
ly Of these tablets will cure the whole
catarrhal trouble without resorting 10
the inconvenience Of a douche
DR.. Bement states that the internal
treatment Of catarrh Is rapidly taking
the place of the old plan of douching. and
local application, and further says thai
probably the best and certainly the safest
remedy In the market Is Stuart's Ca
tarrh Tablets, as no secret is made OF
their composition and all the really eff
Client remedies for catarrh arc contained
In this Tablet
Druggists sell Stuart's Catarrh Tablets
at % cents for fun sized packages. ASK
your druggist. and II he is honest he will
tell you there is no safer moro paiatalo,e
more efficient and convenient remedy on
the market