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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1900-12-01

The child's tendencies should be
carefully watched. and everything In
him which apears vicious or unpleas-
ant should be nipped in the bud.
II child is careless OF his toys, and
breaks and defaces them. the proper
punishment is to take them away from
him, and say he cannot have them for
certain period OF time, and then give
them to him when he promises TO take
care OF them.
1t Is very bad policy to be contin-
ually buying new toys for child, who
is destructive and dIsobedient: these
are not qualities to be encouraged by
frequent rewards OF gifts
II child is cruel and domineering
to It's little associates, It should be
sternly reproyed and taught to behave
gently and kindly Boys should be
especially taught TO be tender and
chiyalrous to all girls. and particularly
to their sisters.
Children who treat their pets roughly
and cruelty should be deprived OF them.
No right minded person places a little
helpless dumb creature In the complete
power OF young children who are cruel
through ignorance or through vicious
nature. The treatment Of pets should
be watched by the mothers Of children
having them.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1900-12-01
rhe wonderful citr Of Lodr.

+ The great product of Poland is at
present textiles of cotton and wool.
The growth of the city of Lodz pro
nounced as though spelled Lootch). a
manufacturing center, four or five
hours ride from Warsaw, is really
wonderful, and quite American in the
rapidity Of its growth and present pro-
portions In 1885 Lodz was a small,
dirty village OF 10000 inhabitants. To
day it is one of the busiest cities in
Europe, with a population of 10000
and rank among the first as a manu-
featuring center. Lodz makes cotton,
wool and chemicals, but particularly
cotton and cotton fabrics. 1t is known
as the Manchester of Russia.-New
York Post.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1900-12-01

1t has often been remarked that
while nothing is SO uncertain as the
duration of any given human life, no
thing is more certain than the aggre-
gate of years which may be assigned
to a group of a hundred persons or
more at any particular age. The ex-
pectation Of life at a given age, to
use the actuarial phrase, differs con-
siderably, as might be expected, in
different countries. and Englishmen
may be surprised to learn that they
are not the longest-liYing among the
white races. At the age of twenty an
Englishman in average health may
expect to live forty-two years, and
any life Office win grant him policy
based on that probability The Ameri-
can expectation is for a slightly long
er period. On the other hand, Ger
man lad of twenty can count upon
little more than thirty-nine years and
half. 1t would seem, therefore, that
the restlessness attributed TO the
American temperament does not neces-
sarily cOnduce to the shortening of
life. nor the eomposure of the German
to its prolongation. Possibly the bet
ter feeding and clothing of Americans
In the lower classes of the-population
is the principal cause of their greater
Longevity. Their position is, at any
rate, maintained In later as well as in
earlier years. The American who has
reached sixty may look to complete
fourteen years more, while the British
er's expectation is only about thirteen
years and ten months. and the Ger
mans as nearly as possible twelve
months less. Both at twenty and at
sixty the Frenchman's prospect is lit
tie better than the Germans and a
little worse than the Englishman's.-
| London Globe.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1900-12-01

An actual experience. and testing
Of the daily coffee pot by the mistress
viii sometimes reveal the fact that II
has not been cleaned In a manner to
insure good coffee.
In many kitchens is the remnant Of
the morning coffee left on the back OF
the range for a mldforenoon cup for
the cook. when not only the rank
brror is extracted from the long
STEPPED grounds. but a certain deposit
Is made upon the sides OF the pot
which adheres with great pertinacity.
and which only most careful wash.
ing viii remove. This deposit, IL left
on. viii surely tainE the coffee that Is
subsequently made In the pot, and
even to a taste not over critical will
injure the flavor OF the best coffee In
the world. The cook is proverbially
sensitive with regard to the washing
OF the coffee pot, insisting that 1t is
clean when II IN not. and II sometimes
requires not a little diplomacy TO ef-
feet the cleansing Of the coffee pot
and preserve the sweetness OF the
cooks temper at the same time. The
reward viii be much better cup OF
coffee.--San Francisco Examiner.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1900-12-01

Curried Meat Soak one slice of
bread In one cupful of milk. CRATE In
six sweet almonds. add one table
spoonful OF curry powder. one SALT
spoonful Of salt. two well-beaten eggs.
one coffee cupful Of finely chopped
cold meat, one onion sliced and fried
In butter. and the juice Of one lems n.
Mix well. turn into a buttered baking
dish and bake one-half hour In mod
crate oven.
Cream Sauce-Scald one-half pint Of
milk and thickeu with a tablespoon Of
cornstarch rubbed smooth In little
milk tcoldj. Add two tablespoons Of
sugar and the frothed white OF an egg
Boil together five minutes and cool.
When the pie is done carefully lift
the top crust and fill to overfiowing
with the cream sauce. Replace the
crust and set in a cool placs. Sprinkle
with powdered sugar and eat very cold
new and good.
Sweet pototo Pie-Pare two large
sweet potatoes, boil until tender and
rub through a colander. Beat the
yolks Of three eggs until light, add one
pint of sweet milk. and stir into the
potato. then add one scant cupful Of
sugar, one saltspoonful Of salt, and
favor with lemon Bake with an un-
der crust. When done cover with a
meringue made OF the beaten whites
of the eggs and three tableSpoonfuls
OF powdered sugar; return to the oven
and brown.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1900-12-01

''The bootjack, as far as cities are
concerned, has gone to the place where
tile old-fashioned shoe scraper re-
poses" volunteered a shoe dealer;
'and will never return. Time was
when no house was considered furn-
ished unless there was a mud-scraper
fixed at the doorstep or portico. and
examples of this can be seen at many
of the very old houses throughout the
city, and particularly in Georgetown.
For number of years, the use for
them having disappeared, the scraper
was no longer used. and the iron
foundries destroyed their patterns of
them. The bootjack went on the same
errand a few years later, when boots
were no longer worn, though many of
them are sleeping in old garrets and
attics, for some people do not have the
heart to destroy these reminders Of
the past. /. had an order for a boot
jack few days ago from an old gen.
tleman who came up from southern
Maryland ON a visit. and who, when
Hlgnt rtdcheu uiili, Hdu no way W pun
off his boots. This was the first re-
minder l had had of bootjacks for
some years. OF course, / could not
supply him. I learn from represen-
tative of shoe concern that through
out the South and Southwest and in
other farming sections of the country
the demand for boots is still quite ex-
tensive, and that the sale of bootjacks
is much more frequent than city peo-
pie suppose. Washington Star.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1900-12-01

likely to be no opportunity for more
than one treatment. The two methods
may be compared to cure effected
In one case by single dose of strong
medicine, and in the other by repeated
doses in a milder form.
The employment of hypnotism for
purposes similar to those already men,
toned has increased greatly within
a year or two. Educators, heads of
gymnasiums and physical training
schools, and Y. NJ. G. A. directors are
making study of hypnotism to assist
them in their work. An amusing ap-
plication of the influence was reported
by the director of a Y. NJ. @. A. gym
nasium who recently went to a school
of hypnotism for lessons. He found
there class of dozen drummers
who were studying the subject with
the view of developing their powers Of
persuasiveness so that they might In
crease their sales.
In the popular attitude toward hyp-
notism there are two extremes of
opinion equally undesirable. One is
that of an infatuated reliance upon 1t,
and an injudlcious employment of it.
The other is that of unintelligent
prejudice which regards it with con-
tempt and uncompromising hostility,
TO the fair-minded student neither Of
these attitudes is possible. The power
of suggestion upon the mind and the
purposes to which it can be applied
furnish a most interesting field for in
yestigation Like all other forces 1t
has possibilities Of both good and evil,
and the work of investigators now is
to find out how to make use of the
former and to avoid the latter.-Edith
Dickson, in the Detroit Free Press.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1900-12-01

Never before was the call for trained
men so loud as now. They are in de-
mand everywhere. Not only in the pro-
fessions, but also in business houses.
manufacturing establishments and
even on the farm, they are in great de-
mand. The farmer who understands
chemistry, who is able to analyze the
forces of nature. to mix brains with
his soil win be the great farmer Of
the future. There is an increased de-
mand everywhere for eollege-eddeated
men. We find them occupying the best
positions in our insurance. banking.
manufacturing and transportation in
stitutions. Never before was the call
for literally educated men and women
so great as to-day. Success.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1900-12-01
The MuskRAr AT HOME.
How He Builds and Lives and Masquer
AIDES as Terrapin.

AIDES Terrapin.
The muskrats have begun TO build
their winter houses and put on their
winter coats. Among the waving
flags thousands of coneshaped musk
rat houses are In course of construc-
tion. The family habitatlon is made
of dry. coarse flags and grasses. small
pieces OF water-soaked wood and small
stones. all cemented together by a pc
culiar mortar which only the muskrat
knows how to prepare by chewing clay
and mud into fine preparation. The
old negro hunter declares that the ce-
menting is done with eyenness and
precision by the industrious little
worker by means Of its paws. Two
or three holes or 'leads" allow the
rats to pass out or enter below the ice
The houses are rough on the outside
and are built from three to five feet
high. Old hunters and close observers
Of the habits Of the muskrat say that
the little marsh dwellers know in adj
vance how high the spring tides will
rise. AS verihcation Of this claim
1t is observed that all beds in a given
marsh are of the same height.
The houses below the water line
are bare, mud inside. with floor Of
sticks and grasses a few feet above
the water. Upon this scaffold-like
floor the rats are said to lie with
their heads toward the lead" ready
at a moments notice TO dash out and
appear at the surface 200 yards away
In deep water The law passed by
the last Legislature gives added pro-
lection to these, the most popular fur
producers on the Eastern Shore Of
Maryland and Delaware. which are
caught by the hundred thousand
each winter. The little animals
are in many cases caught In steel
traps secured by strong chains.
AS soon as the rat is trapped II plunges
into the water weighed down by the
trap, and is drowned. A muskrat au-
thority gives the interesting bit OF in
| formation that. while a muskrat Is
compelled 10 breathe under water, II
can travel for miles under the Ice by
a scientific air-producing process
which enables II to remain under the
ley covering for hours In order to
do this II must stop as often as once
IN twenty minutes and eject its breath
into the water. This air rises to the
surface, forming big pale bubble
After II has been exposed to the water
for few minutes the bubble becomes
oxygenated, when the rat inhaIes the
globule and resumes its journey.
Muskrats when served by the East
ern Shore cook as mock terrapin" will
challenge the epicure TO distinguish
1t from the real Chesapeake diamond
back When properly skinned the
musky taste and odor entirely dlsap
pear and when properly cooked Tho
almost black flesh is juicy. tender and
sweet. The food Of the rat is the roots
Of marsh grasses and shrubs which
grow on the shores and no morsel oi
food Is touched until il has been thor
| oughly washed ed-Chestertown md.
Correspondence In the Baltimore Sun
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1900-12-01

Give the baby and each child bed
to himself. Two single beds take but
little, IL any, more room than one large
bed. Have the sleeping room furn-
ished with only necessary furniture.
See that the clothing Of the little
sleeper is loose at the waist, neck and
arms, and keep the head uncovered.
IL there Is anything young children
cannot do without II Is fresh air.
Through the pores Of the skin the body
is continually throwing of poisonous
yapors. If the head is covered with
the bed clothes the unfortunate in
fant will be breathing bad air The
average child suffers from oyerfeeding
and oyerdressing. Let him learn to be
a tride hungry. Do not take him for
an oyster or a clam, and keep him In
a stew all the time. Half the time the
child cries he wants fresh air or fresh
watar-wiping the lips Of a crying
baby with cool water will often socthe
and refresh him.-United States
Hoaith Report.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1900-12-01

A man drifted into town to-day PEN
niless. and with holes in his shoes, and
his friends are recalling that when he
left Atchison four years ago, giving up
q good position, they complimented
him upon his ambition TO get out OF
the old rut."-Atchison Globe.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1900-12-01
Singular watch Chnrm ..

Miniature Bibles are worn as watch
charms in Russia. They are each one
inch long, three-fourths Of an inch
wide. and three-eighths of an inch
thick, and contain the first five books
of the Old Testament. The text is in
Hebrew, ana can be read with the aid
of magnifying glass.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1900-12-01

The remains Of an ancient gallery
We're recently found six feet below the
surface at Tottenham marshes during
the excavations for the new reservoirs
Of the East London Water Compaw.
II is supposed TO have belonged TO the
Danes. who were defeated In Lea Val
ley by King Alfred in S94 A. ID.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1900-12-01

One OF the skyscrapers in New York
City has daily population OF 31O0.
and the mail sent out from II averages
$4,000 pieces a day. Every forty-five
minutes a mail wagon from the Post
office carries away from this building
about seyenty-five pounds OF outgoing
mall. Another New York office build
ing sends out $4,000 pieces Of mail
every week day.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1900-12-01
school Teachers Have Their worries.

The pamunky Indian school is again
without a teacher because the braves
OF the village insist on proposing mar
riage to the school marms. The last
teacher left after enduring the atten-
tions as long as she could. The State
board OF education is in quandry
over the matter. -Plttsburg Chronicle
Telegraph.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1900-12-01

Silver that is not In daily use should
be thoroughly cleaned, then wrapped
IN flannel and kept In an alright box,
with lump of eamphor. Kept in this
way IL viii be beautifully bright and
clean and ready for use at any time
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1900-12-01

The village of Neodesha, Kan, was
recently visited by tornado, and at
the end of the excitement a farmer
living in the vicinity stuck his head
out Of his cyclone cellar aud found
that his choicest field was occupied by
a strange house Of small dimensions.
He could not identify the building as
belonging to any Of his acquaintances.
and up 10 date all his efforts to do so
have been unavailing.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1900-12-01

A remarkable case Of the death sc
little girl from the bite OF fly comes
from ST. Bartholomew's Hospital, xon-
don. The child complained that fly
had bitten her on the nose. Her face
soon began TO swell, 1t was not long
before she was delirious, and In spite
of every effort she died. The hospital
autopsy developed the fact that blood
poisoning had resulted probably from
poisonous microbes introduced into
the system by the fly. Such cases are
not without precedent, but are rare.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1900-12-01
FATA1 mo- cHINcHnuas.

Mr., Chinchbug is "it'' in very sim
liar game devised by the enterprising
bugologists. This avonous insect
yearly costs the American farmer
millions. The most deadly i'll to whIth
its flesh IS heir is discovered to be the
white fungus" it attacks him IN
much the same manner as the afore-
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1900-12-01
SCATTERING THE GERMS.


After allowing the mixture to stand
a day. during which time the disease
has attacked the cork and thoroughly
contaminated the fluid, he dips various
and sundry grasshoppers, alive and
kicking. into the liquid, the more thus
doused being the merrier for the prom
Ised result. After being vigorously
ducked and thereby terrified the pro-
testing victims are imprisoned in a
box and fed on green plants well
moistened with the same fatal liquid.
Having been fed on this poisonous diet
for twenty-four hours, the prisoners
are liberated, generally in the evening
hours. Then they hop gleefully away
to mingle once more with their anxious
friends. Returning to their haunts
they innocently disseminate their con-
tagion far and wide, among all of their
kind which approach to rejoice at their
safe escape and marvel at the accounts
of their terrible experiences. And as
a result of repeated hoppings and gal
llvantings here and there, from one
green field to another. the scourge is
spread. Then other grasshoppers. big
and little, soon begin to feel indis-
posed and as each surveys himself he
is Mortified to discover that he is be-
coming covered with a furry mouse
colored crust. This increases until
eating into his very vitals. Then he
gives up his ghost to the realm where
the dead grasshoppers 60
Mr.. Farmer soon appears ON the
scene, bears away the corpse together
with all others he can find, dries them
all into state of mummification, grinds
them into powder and concocts many
more tumbersful of the liquid pes
thence. The contagion is thus sown
TO multiply over and over again, a
greater harvest of death being reaped
each time until determination is COM
plete.
Ground fairly covered with dead
grasshoppers thus killed was seen in
Bechuanaland, South Africa, after an
experimental distribution of the dis
ease there. Bus the black natives of
this territory, who eat grasshoppers,
objected to such wholesale contamina-
ton of their diet.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1900-12-01
CURIOUS FACTS.

The report comes from Damascus
that the remains OF a valuable library
that escaped destruction when Tanner
lane sacked the city in 1401 have been
discovered by one OF the city officials.
The Journal LAplculteur records n
curious observation Of specialist,
namely. that nightingales devour the
drones OF hive and leave workers
unmolested. AS an experiment. twelve
OF the former and six OF the latter
were killed and placed by the hive;
the twelve were eaten, the six not
touched.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-07-15

Correspondence and Printing. Walter
G.. Duke. chairman.
Past Grand Representatives Re
union. five members, j. Il. Blanks. OF
Petersburg. chairman.
Hotels. five members, L. a. Aubcl,
chairman.
Transportation. seven members, G..
II. Jones, chairman.
Carriages. seven members, Thomas
Il. Hicks, chairman.
Halls and Meeting Places. seven
members. Il. \. Render, chairman.
Music. seven members. c. II. Phillips,
chairman.
Entertainment of Ladies. seven
members. George b. Davis, chairman.
Concert Wednesday. September 18th.
seven members, Eugene Il. Davis,
chairman.
Rcbekah Branch. five members, W.
+. Larrabee. chairman.
BADGES and Souvenirs, five members,
Il. NJ. Pitcher. chairman.
Horses and Trappings, five members.
Jos. LaSsiter, chairman
Bureau of Information and Depots.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-07-15

five members. W. II. Tompkins, chair
Degree of Chiyalry, five members,
Arthur w. Hargrove, chairman.
Press. five members IL. Henry File
genheier. chairman
!ohicial Program. three members, c.
w. Norris, chairman
About 5000 visitors are expected
here and about two-thirds of the hotel
accommodations in the city has al
ready been engaged.
An excursion down the river to Nor
folk. Portsmouth ana other points, and
an elaborate reception are features of
the program.
An immense amount OF work lies be-
fore the board ana the committees.
Chairman Hin Montague has a clerk
and stenographer engaged already.
ana their services viii be required un-
I'll the date of the meeting
Several OF the working teams from
distant states will be in attendance
upon The Sovereign Grand Lodge. and
1t is stated that every night during the
week there will be work at all OF the
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-07-15
The Great Notion Sale.
We make it point to always give you little more for
your money than you expect
The prices on these little things prove it,

Adamantine Dress Pins-1c. n paper.
English Hair Pins papers for lc
Linen 3obbin-all widths--lc. IL piece
Bodl<ins-bluc steel: for 1c.
NcedleS-25 Ia a papcr--1c. paper.
Safety Pins-all siZcs-2c. Il card.
Laundry waX-2c. each.
Sewing Silk-2c. Il spool.
Needle Books-2c. each.
Brass PinS-3c. a paper.
Nicklc Safety Pins-protccted CATCH
&c. a paper.
Oval Hat Elastic-black and whitc-3c.
yard
Curling Irons-any slze-3c. each.
Stocking Darncrs-3c. each.
Eyc-Glass Cord-3c. yard.
Langtry Lead Hair Crimpers-3c. n
Best Kid Curlers-Sia- lncii-3c. n bunch.
Stafford's lnk-3c. Il bottle.
Memorandum Books-3c. each.
Pencil Tablcts-l5O pagcS--3c. each.
Battenburg Thread--ic. n spool
Hair Pin Notwithstanding 100 hair
pins-ic. each.
Marshall's Linen Thread-black and
white-ic. a spool.
Aluminium Hair Pins-5c. n dozen.
Pure White Pearl Buttons-all sizes
&c. dozen.
Black Shoe Polish-5c.
Darning Cotton-3 balls for &c.
Pocket CombS-5c. each.
Bailey's Talcum Powdcr-5c. a box-G
Wide Garter Elastic-frilled edge-5c
for y yard.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-07-15

NOTES

The c. M. A. Lodge of Newport
News. known as young Americas"
No. 1862, was called together Wednes-
Gay night by Temporary Chairman IL.
Mccall for the purpose of organizing.
The following officers were elected:
y. NJ. Hamilton. president: II. Nc
Cali. v!ce-president; Irving Llewcllyn.
ecretary-treasurer; Charles Davis,
speaker: William Nacke, director; Her
bert Post. sentinel.
Some important business was trans
acted. One new member was entered
on the roll-book from North C.arolir,
Tho Z. NJ. A. was started in Oak Park
in 1892 with about eight members. 1t
has now In the neighborhood of so 600.