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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1900-12-14
HUmoR OF THE DAY.

''I wonder Why the Mediterranean
is so blue?" You'd be blue if You
had to wash the Italian shore.
He-"Is she al that she should
be?" She--"Oh, yes; that isn't the
trouble; she's so much else besides"
Cincinnati Enquirer.
Bill-'Has the boss raised your
pay9" Jim-"Well, no; he hasn't
been able to raise it for three weeks
now. "-Yonkers Statesman.
Algernon-s'In what month were
ou--aw-bawn2 Miss Keene-''No
matter. The appropriate stone is the
diamond Jewellers Weekly.
Patienee-"wha is the cheapest
thing you ever saw about a bargain
counter?" Patrlce-"A husband
waiting for his wife. Jewish Com
ment.
Borus-ssYes, ! write for the maga-
zines occasionally. can name my
own price for magazine article.
Naggus-"Can yoE get it?"- Chicago
Tribune.
Uncle-''How fast you are growing.
Willie" Wilhe-ssYes too fast. I
think. They water me too much.
Why, they actually make me have
bath every morningl"
Blifers-'If I we're an your place.
l. hate to have people forever refer
ring to me simply as old Bullion's
son-in-law. 4" Easterly-"Oh, don't
bother yourself. That's my business. "
cleveland Leader.
Her eyes to me we're diamonds" rare,
Her teeth the finest "pearls"
Set In the roslsst ruby" lips,
Whilst golden" were her curls
These wore the riches that / sought
But find ! was mistaken.
Alasl too soon twas plain to me,
They won't buy eggs or baconi
-London Answers.
''How did young Harduppe ever
succeed in winning old Rocklngham's
consent to marry his daughter? The
crusty old kermudgeon has driven
away a dozen better fellows" /" II hear
that Harduppe took the old mans
wheel apart, cleaned it ana stored il
away for the winter. - Chicago News.
Hixon-"S Sands, the grocer, is the
most enterprising man I ever saw"
Dixon sIndeed" Hixon-"Yes;h he
advertises to give away a parachute
with each can of kerosene. Dixon
"Clipper, the barber. is equally as
enterprising. He has q card up in his
window offering a package Of court
plaster free with every shave. Chi
cago News.
There is boy now in the academic
grade at the POLY" who will probably
become either a lawyer or a news
paper man. At the close of lesson
in grammar a few days since, tho
teacher was explaining the new work
for the next day, a study Of word
forms in gender Turning to this
boy, he said "Now, what would YOU
CAL the feminine Of stag?" Like
dash came the reply, 'An afternoon
tea. Brooklyn Life.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1900-12-14
a woNpERFuL SAFE.


A French traveller in AMMAN, Asia,
has returned with an account Of q
singular nstional treasury-that Of
the king Of that country. II the story
is true-and it presents no essential
improbability-the treasury is no
doubt destined to become famous.
In AMMAN iron safes Of good resist
ing power are, Of course, unknown,
and, unfortunately, adroit thieves are
not unknown. To defend bis most
costly treasures the king had to resort
to some means in harmony with the
natural circumstances Of his country.
Armed human guards he could not
fully trust. Animals do not steal
money, and nature had supplied him
with an animal which could not be
wheedled, nor killed except with a
good deal Of trouble. The crocodile
is such an animal. The king would
have the crocodile guard his specie re-
serve.
Yet to avail himself Of the services
of the crocodile, be must keep his
money in q place where crocodiles are
at home. Nothing was more simple.
In the interior Of his palace the king
caused to be constructed large tank
or basin, which he kept constantly
filed with water. Then he took sew
eral teak logs, which he had bored
with holes, aud into these holes he
put his specie reserve Of gold and sill
yer. The holes we're closed up and
the logs put into the tank.
Then some crocodiles, Of the larg-
est and fercest description, were IN
stalled in the tank, and maintained
there-not being fed. however, with
such a superhuity as TO interfere with
their natural ferocity. Any person
who should undertake to reach the
treasnre-laden logs would surely be
eaten by the crocodiles. And anyone
who should 9ttenptto put the saurians
out Of his way would have to make
noise enough to attract the attention
Of the human guards and Of the king
himself-for the king Of AMMAN is re-
quired by custom to remain very close.
y in his palace.
At any rate, the royal crocodile
treasury has never been robbed-and
il cannot burn.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1900-12-14

Within the last hundred years there
are authentic records Of activity on
the part Of forSy-hve volcanoes in
Alaska. OF these the great majority
are on islands Of the Aleutian group,
aud less than a dozen in all are on
the mainland The belt Of present
volcanic activity begins on the Cop
per River near Mount Wrangell and
extends westward to Amchitka Island.
It's length is 100 miles, or the dis
tance from Florida to Nova Scotia.
Eruptions ara likely to occur at any
time along this line, and the whole
distance is dotted with volcanic cones.
-New York Sun.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1900-12-14

Our own minister Of education, Sir
John Gorst, is an amusing speaker in
his own particular way. So are some
colonial ministers Of education. buf in
a different way. One Of them, in re-.
Gently addressing the scholars az the
opening Of e new State school, Oh.
served. "You cannot an rise to be
ministers of the crown. but one thing
Won can do. Won can ALI be heroes and
hsr0esses. London chronicls.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1900-12-14

If wishes were horses beggars would
ride a bike.
A rolling stone gathers remorse.
First come, last served.
Fortune knocks once at least AZ
every mans gate-when he is out
Necessity knows no mother-in-iaw.
It's an east wind blows nobody good
but the doctor and undertaken.
Half leaf is better than no vaca-
ton.
Time and tide wait for no man. but
but they have TO WAIT for e woman.
There's many 4 slip tuixt the
aditnr and th= wnn17-l,s ~rntrihntrr
The Criterion.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1900-12-14
Il E A R T
E r R o r
A r I s E
r o S E s
T R E s S
WISE WORDS.

The man who persists in overwork
or unwholesome pleasure is seldom
ignorant Of the laws Of hygiene or the
consequences Of disobeying them; but
there is no realization Of the penalty
sufficiently vivid to triumph over his
desires for the particular gratihca-
ton.
The labor Of him vino tolls solely
from necessity is not honorable. That
labor alone has virtue in it which is
the result of free choice and love Of
the work done.
Scientific truth is marvellous. but
moral truth is divine, and whoever
kreashes its air and works by its light
has found the lost paradise.
The blossoms Of spring are the
prophets Of autumn. So a joyful
service in youth promises a rich fruit
age in after years.
1t is not our failares that ruin us,
but our fear and tardiness in making
new beginnings after failure.
Deep streams move with silent
majesty. shallow brooks babble over
every tiny stone.
He who receives a good turn should
never forget it; he who does one,
should never remember it.
We may stand on the highest hill,
if we are only willing to take steps
enough.
Happiness is q roadside flower,
blooming on the highway Of useful
ness.
Sooner or later the world comes
round to see the truth and do right
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1900-12-14
N ths Day. ID Qassn Bs.s.

The setting out Of the dinner Of
Queen Elizabeth was a ceremonious
function. First came q gentleman
with a rod, followed by a gentleman
carrying q tablecloth, which, after
they had knelt reverently three times,
was spread upon the table. The gem
tlemen again knelt three times and re-
tired. Then came two others, one
with q rod, the other with a saltcellar,
a plate and bread. They knelt three
times, placed the things on the table,
knelt again and retired. Next came q
lady-in-waiting, followed by a second;
the first lady dressed in white, after
kneeling three times, approached the
table and solemnly rubbed the plates
with the salt. Then entered twenty
four yeomen Of the guard, clad in
scarlet, and each carrying a dish Of
gold. These dishes we're placed upon
the table while the lady faster gave to
each Of the guards a taste from the
dish he had brought, for fear Of possi-
bic poison. These guards were
selected from the tallest and stoutest
men in all England. At the close Of
this ceremony, a number Of unmar-
ried ladies appeared, and with great
solemnity lifted the various dishes
aud carried them to The Queen in her
private apartments. The Queen
dined and supped alone with few at.
tendants; and it was seldom that any
one was admitted at this time, and
then only at the intercession Of some
one in power.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1900-12-14

Good skatingg Well Four months OF I'll
(The winter months then Ror their duesD
And many a night saw bonhres lit
Upon the Iceland barbeeuesl
At six, with hcoi-piaioa Ia NY snoes,
NY best boast was that could don,
With all their clumsy straps and screws.
The old-tiine skates that buckled oni
Young man .lthe modern skates 3 "ehamp'
Ind ''iuss perfection. " you declare;
But III be bound the clever clamp
Does not increase the sport hair.
I'm 10 the forties now, nv share
Embonpolnt; but. By Heliconl
II / could skate I still would wear
The old-time skates that buckled onl
edward W. Barnard, IN Puck.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1900-12-14


It has remained for q Cleveland
Judge to fl the hour at which q
lovers evening call should end. Judge
Fielder, in answer to the query Of an
anxious father, handed down from the
bench his opinion that IL o'clock is
the proper time for evening sparkling
to cease. If we take 1t for granted
thst this is standard time the latitude
Of the Judge cannot help butmeet with
commendation, even from the most
liberal thinkers on the subject. From
s o'clock, say, until IL, standard, or
I130, sun, is certainly ample time
for a single sitting Of the character
referred to by the Judge, aud in we'll
regulated households this timetable
shonld be prominently displayed, or
at least understood. It would do
away with the venerable references to
taking in the morning milk, OF get
ting the morning paper, or starting a
FIRE in the kitchen stove. No doubt
in many instances it would be pleas
ing to the young woman herself, for
if she is a sensible girl she knows
that late hours play the mischief with
feminine good looks Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1900-12-14

sec host Of little men
Troop by from school at half-past three.
And presently troop back again,
Skates on their arms. IN highest Rlee.
The cleaning blades throw back 10 me
A shaft Of sunlight and are gone;
And then. as ia dream, / see
The old-time skates that bucklod onl
They all come baek-the good old waysi-
The legend that to boy and mau
The cars showed on propitious days
Good skating on Branch Brook" Il ran.
From that hour Boreas began
His reign TIL dlsenthEonad anon,
There were ne deaEer treasures than
The old-tlme skates that buckied oni
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1900-12-14

1. A oonsonantin in valor: 2, 70 clear,
3, q spiteful little war vessel Of the
United States; 4, an enclosure; 5, q
oonsonant in think.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1900-12-14

-
Writing Of statues worth their
weight in gold, in the St. Nicholas,
Mr.. E. H. House says: Several Of
the finest ancient sculptures have
been discovered by pure accident, in
comparatively recent times. The IA
nous Apollo Belvedere, now in the
Vatican, was brought to light only
about four hundred years ago, at An
tium, where many art treasures Of the
Roman rulers were once stored. The
group Of the LAGOON was dug from
the ruins of the baths Of the Emperor
Titus, and the stately Venus Of Milo,
or Melos, lay hidden and forgotten for
centuries, in an island Of the Medi-
terranean, before it was found by a
lucky chance. Undoubtedly there are
plenty more of equal value under
italian and Grecian ground, if people
only knew where to look.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1900-12-14

Nexs to New York, the largest city
in the United States in point Of area
is New Orleans.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1900-12-14
FORGE QUIRK

QUIRK
had no time to
waste. That
fact could be
easily discerned
from the hur-
ried, impatient
step with which
be strobe along.
Had anyone
taken the trou-
bic to follow the
noteworthy gen
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1900-12-14

I. One name; 2. burn alum; 8.
3 rest; 4, love it; 5, sour beet 8, -four
news.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1900-12-14

IN 1890 New York CITY got il
water out Of wells.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1900-12-14
JzzLE DEPARTMEN


PUZZLE DEPARTMENT. &
Saa 7es9eaeoe
The solutions to these puzzles win ap-
pear IN q succeeding issue.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1900-12-14
ANSWERS TO PREVIOUS PUzzLEs.

3s.-Fiye Pied Straits-Be Belleisle,
Mackinaw, Canadian, Florida, Canso.
39.-False Adverbs-HoQyl, grist-
(ly). imply, ,eurlly), orderQy), earllyl.
repQyl.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1900-12-14

J.
Tam a word Of seven letters, and am
really quite a wonderful thing.
Ny first letter is q vegetable.
Ny second letter is q form Of the
verb Ito be.
Ny third letter is an exclamation Of
wonder
Ny fourth letter is the name Of a
river.
Ny fifth letter is a useful organ.
Ny sixth letter is teamster's COM
mand.
Ny seventh letter is q questionable
thing.
H.
Ny home keep Withing the deep,
The rolling waves below;
But when the water turns to foe,
Then over Il 90.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1900-12-14

44.-A Square.
1. A title used in addressing a
king, 2, a metal; 3, land measure; 4
finals.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1900-12-14

Unto a nation spake the voice divine,
Build thou for freedom and for peace
shrine.
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1900-03-06

In Paris Josephine dresses are hav-
ing a decided vogue. and the
woman her hair to harmonic
with her frock. For evening wear bod
ices are ut very low. and sleeves are
not worthy of the name except in the
alter OF restaurant gowns. when they
AXE the form of ace mittens. In con-
sequence Of this undress simplicity
more care than eve Is lavished upon
the hair. When madame wears a frock
of Josephine style. her hair Is parted
in the center just above the forehead
and waved q little. but owe the ears II
Is a mass OF thick. short curis. Only
an accomplished coiffeur can arrange
his style OF couture to perfection. but
when it is we'll arranged on a young
Inc pretty head 1t is very becoming
A less trying mode is also affected by
wearers of empire frocks. The hair Is
loosely waved. Just the faintest indica-
ton Of a parting appears at the left
side, and little curls furnish the brow
without covering IT.. AT the back the
tresses are pinned up into one or two
big curlS.
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1900-03-06

To take a picture of your voice 1t Is
only necessary TO tie a sheet of thin.
strong paper owe the wid end OF a tin
trumpet says the Cincinnati Enquirer
Hold II with the sheet of paper up
ward. take a hin pinch of fine sand
and place il in the center of the paper.
hold the trumpet vertically above your
face and sing a note into the lower
end Do not blow. but sing the note.
Lower the trumpet carefully and look
Mt the sand You will ind that the vi
brations of your voice nave scattered
the pinch of sand into a beautiful
sound picture. Every note in the mu
steal scale will produce a different pic
ture: so you may produce a great va
riety of them. SsEIe Of these pictures
look like pansies. roses aud other flow
erS: some look like snakes and Others
like dying birdS-in fact. there is no
limit to the variation II you wish to
see the pictures while they are being
made. o may employ an old bell
shaped ear trumpet or you ma use
your trumpet with a short piece of
rubber tubing on the mouthpiece.
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1900-03-06

In an article by DR.. Monaco in the
Att del Lincei on the action of quinine
on the parasite of malaria Ii Is shown
that certain strengths of the drug
cause the expulsion of the parasites
from the red blood corpuscles when
the parasites are in their second or
adult stage. There seems to be still
S,me doubt as to the exact dose of
quinine which ought to be administer
ed to effect cure of spring fever. and
the amount seems to vary with the pc
culiarities of various patients. From
these experiments. however. 1t would
appear that the doses usually given are
excessive and that a more rational dose
would lie between half a gram and a
gram of the bisulphate of quinine.
Too strong solutions seem to cause
paralysis of the parasites and to pre-
vent their expulsion from the blood
cOrDuScIPS
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1900-03-06

"I abomfnafe rs@h.
.~ays physician IT believe ev-
Fohysician 1t is not SO much
the exposure aud the eating In the
night and the bad associations formed
(of a high class sor possibly. but the
breaking into the sleep habit. Equally
bad is ii for children to study in the
evening. 1t gorges their brains with
blood. and if they sleep they dream
| had a little patient of II years who
was wasted and V and whose
dreams were filed with his problems
1t was a marvel and a pride to his
parents that the y~oungster worked out
marc problems in his sleep such as he
failed to master when awake. But he
came near his final problem. l locked
up his books at 4 O'Clock. He must not
touch one after his supper. He must
play and romp and then go to bed. He
is now robust. You cannot emphasize
too strongly the mischief of children's
night study"
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1900-03-06
Thinks They Need Editing.

The blue pencil apparently did not
exist in olden times. We ave read
ten pages of Marcus Aurelius at a
stretch without understanding a word
of it. Epictetus is equally hard to
read. Marcus Aurelius and Epictetus
are philosophers without doubt, but
they have a style that gives you a
headache. Both need editing. The
man with the blue pencil should get
after Marcus Aurelius and Epictetus.
Emerson's books also clamor for the
due pencil. Carlyle is another clumsy
writer greatly in need of the blue pen
Gil of a good editor. A wise saying is
not a matter of faith. Unless you can
see it and understand it it is not a wise
saying.-Atchison Globe.
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1900-03-06

Every n of Us has moments of a
temporary enlargement of the heart
when alone with some cherished
friend. and often at that time and in
that condition we are so far left TO our
selves as to breathe forth a confidence
that In days to come-perhaps almost
as soon as it is spoken-we. would give
much to have back again in our sole
possession. We marvel at our own in
discretion n lack of wisdom. with a
reactionary shrinking of the heart
which is absolute physical pain The
saddest part of ii is that even that ex-
perience does not always prove the
successful teacher. but we do the same
thing over again until some day the
bitter cup of our indiscreet sowing is
fully reaped--Pittsburg Dispatch.
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1900-03-06

At the reception rendered Miss An
thony in Washington by Speaker Hen
derson's wife the venerable antisuf
fragist vas taken to the private art
gallery and shown a fine bust portrait
in oils of herself. Mrs. Henderson gave
the commission TO an artist and had
the portrait painted TO present to the
Corcoran Art gaile.. 1t represents
Miss Anthony in full profile, attired in
black. with lace at the throat. and
about her shoulders the historic red silk
shawl. which gives the picture exactly
b coloring that it needs.
1t is a fine likeness. the c1ly crit
cism that could possibly lp iade he
ing that not all the strength of her
character Is In evidence. Miss Antho-
ny looked at it with much pleasure.
Am l really as nice looking as thatg"
she asked.
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1900-03-06
Wha1Would You Give

To be cured of catarrh? If you or
your friends have this disease you
know how ~disagreeable it is. Its
symptoms are iutlamed eyes, throb-
bing TEMPLES, ringing noises in the
ears, headaches. capricious appetite,
and constant discharge OF mucus.
Fortunately its cure is not a ques-
ton of what you will give, but what
YOU will take, If you will take
Hood 5 Sarsaparilla, the great con-
stitutional remedy, whichthoroughly
purities, enriches and vitilizes the
blood, you may eXpect 20 be com
pletely and permanent rured. The
good blood which Hood Sarsaparilla
makes, reaching the delicate pass
ages of the mucus membrane, soothes
and rebuilds the tissues and ulti-
mately cures all symptoms of catarrh.
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1900-03-06
RUBBER NAILS.
Their Advantageous Use In Some
Lines of Work.

Their Advantageous Use In Some
Lines of Work.
A company of Hamburg. Germany.
has just begun to manufacture what
it calls hartgummi nagel Qhard rubber
nails, made of a variety of this sub
stance named by the makers fer
runite," says The Literary Digest.
These are comparable in solidity TO
metal nails and have the advantage
that they can be used in circumstances
where metal would be Inconvenience or
would neceSsitate numerous precau-
tons They are not attacked by acids
or by alkalis. do not conduct cleo
tricity and resist all magnetic infu-
n In the electric Industries they
are adapted for the assemblage of
cases containing storage batteries, for
example. and for their exterior cover
ings, for chemical apparatus. galvanic
piles. etc. The insulating coverings are
less exposed to deterioration, and
short circuiting is completely avoided
Finally the fact that these hard rub
ber nails" are bad conductors of cleo
tricity and that they are insensible to
magnetic attraction makes them val
liable in the construction of delicate
laboratory apparatus. measuring In
s~truments. electric switchboards, etc
No spark can result from contact be
tween these nails and a hammer or
other tool. SO that their use is special
~ recommended in the manufacture Of
explosives and in all places where
these substances are handled
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1900-03-06

written IN tue - uaoot> oi rue scnene.
All that visible speech ant 10 be
come popularized i age. II must come
into general use after awhile"
In writing the symbols Of Mr.. Bells
system yowels are represented by va
riations of the straight line. which
typifes the voice. CouSonants are de-
picted by variations of the curve. sym
bolizing the tongue. Sounds. not words,
are recorded. SO that men OF q thou
san years hence viii be able Il aScer-
tain through this medium o only the
grammar OF a language. but also the
information The linguistic symbols are
represented by figures on a chart. and
these figures can be used In sending
Geographic messages
In the alphabet that has been com
piled there are Sc vowels and As con-
sonants. Learning the system is not
merely practicable. but simple. Mr..
Bell declares. The invention of the al
phabet was the result Of many years
of study on the part OF philologists and
scientists international conventions
were held to discuss the subject of a
universal code of writing symbols. and
the last one, that OF 1854. decided that
1t was impossible TO find a distinctive
sign for every sound OF speech.