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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1900-10-31
Gas Wells in Indian Territory.

Bartlesville, l. T., Oct. ga
strong gas well has been struck
here. It's capacity is estimated
at three million feet a day. A
franchise has been granted for a
gas plant, and Bartlesville will
now be the first town In the In
dian territory to use natural gas
for heat, light aud fuel.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1900-10-31

Persons calling for the above
etters will please say advertised"
j. III. MILLER, p. NJ.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1900-10-31

Remorse is the echo of lost
virtue.
The two best books to a child
are a good mothers face and life.
A philosopher is one who un-
finchingly accept the situation.
Hope is an egg of which one
man gets the yolk, another the
white, and third the she'll.
Even lie gets on who is drawn
by oxen.
There is nothing so strong or
safe in an emergency Of life as the
simple truth.
A man advertises for competent
persons to undertake the sale of a
new medicine and adds that it will
be profitable for the undertaken.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1900-10-31

Square yourself against
the weather.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1900-10-31

Remorse is the echo of a lost
rIrtue.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1900-10-31

Even lie gets on who is drawn
~ oxen.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1900-10-31
WEATHER.!

The most complete line of Coyerts.
Kerseys, Chinehilla, Beavers, etc.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1900-10-31
LIST OF LETTERS

Remaining in the Post Office at
Chickasha, 1. T., for the week
endiag Oct. Slth, 1900:
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-06-23
Machine For Basket Making.

Just before he died the noted Mer-
genthaler completed a wonderful ma
chine for making the cheap baskets
such as grapes are commonly packed
in. Where an expert operator former
ly produced 800 grape baskets daily by
hand the same operator with the ma
chine, with greater ease, can now pro-
luce 1000 baskets daily, and these
machine made baskets are said to be
superior in every way to the hand
made article. He has utilized several
Of the principles of his linotype ma
chine.-Popular Science.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-06-23
FREAKS OF THE MIND.
Some of the Strange Powers 1t Often
Has Over the VIII.


Has Over the Will.
Did you ever think how often you eat
and never stick your fork in your eye?
You always stick your fork in your
mouth. If you ate in the dark, it
would be the same thing. You would
never put out your eye by putting your
fork in it. Why? Because your sub
conscious mind is doing it's automatic
duty and knows very well that you eat
with your mouth and not with your
eye.
Many other actions are automatic
For instance, 20 people have gathered
on a street corner to board a passing
car. The very fact that they are there
means that the car will stop. The first
man has already signaled the motor
man. So do the other 10. And the
same thing happens if ten people
gather to descend in an elevator. The
first conner rings the bell. So do the
other nine-merely automatically. The
sign says ring" so each man takes
this sign to himself and rings.
A shoemaker once had a shop in the
basement Of a large building down
town. The shoemaker worked with
his back to the door. Every time the
door opened the shoemaker turned his
head to the left to see who entered.
For ten years the shoemaker worked
and turned his head almost every hour
in the day. Before many years had
passed the shoemaker's head turned
automatically, and now that man has
spent all the money he has ever made
trying to be cured of this automatic
habit. But his head still jerks, so that
he looks over his left shoulder con-
stantly.-New York Herald.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-06-23

knocked seven bells out of everything
he came across and lad money to
bury on every island he came across
lie thought he was having n high old
time and that il would last to his
eighty-fifth year and that he would
then give $4,000 to an orphan asylum
and die in his bed. All of you know
how he ended. He was still prancing
and cavorting and high rolling when
the law seized him and he was hung
by the neck. He figured it all out be-
fore he went his way, and he came to
the conclusion that he hadn't been in
it. He wrote it down on his shirt col
lar in red ink that his having had
high old time was all q mistake and
that the farmer who had stuck to corn
and potatoes was ahead of the pirate
business. 1 see before me a bald
headed, broad backed man, who is evil
IDENTIFY itching to become a pirate bold.
call ON him to pause ere it is too late,
Let us take a still more historical
case. Behold the picture of Judas Is
CARROT. 1t is a sketch made of him
while he was a young man, and you
see that he holds the plow behind an
OK. Judas was a tiller of the soil for
many years. He was naturally good,
and daily contact with nature added to
his goodness. He came to be known
far and wide as man who always
shoveled the snow off his sidewalk
clear up to the line, and if he had a
lawsuit about a line fence he didn't
drag in the whole country. When he
went up to Jerusalem, he was hOnored
and respected of all men, and his daily
life was without blot. No one has
tried to explain why Judas suddenly
made up his mind to change and give
things away. He was rewarded with
"a pieces of silver, but he had no note
coming due and was not hard up for
cash. But change he did, and he no
doubt expected to have high old times
and lead the band. His career, as you
all know, was brief and rocky. Things
didn't turn out as he hoped for. He
was stunned of men, lodged of dogs
and died without having enjoyed him
self for a day. 1 am now looking at
man in this audience who closely re-
sembles Judas IscariOt and who may
be planning to sell out and cut loose.
If so, let my words sink deep into his
heart when 1 say that the result Of
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-06-23
ACCIDENTS FROM GAS.
CareIessness and Ignorance In Cook
ing, Lighting and Heating.

ing, Lighting and Heating.
Numerous accidents occur annually
in the use of gas for lighting, cooking
or heating, through either carelessness
or ignorance, says the New York News.
The largest number OF accidents prob
ably occur from ignorant persons
either blowing out the gas or turning
it off and subsequently turning the
cock on sufficiently for the gas to es-
cape unnoticed.
Many other accidents are the result
of the bad practice of turning down a
gas flame, particularly in a bedroom.
This is always i'll advised, for such a
turned down flame may be either
blown out by a draft of air from an
open window or else it may be eX-
tinguished by sudden variation or
reduction in the pressure. When this
happens in a small bedroom without
ventilation, there is great danger of
asphyXiation, particularly SO if water
gas is used. Much can be done to avert
this danger by proper arrangement
of the gas piping in houses.
Another dangerous custom is to shut
the gas meter during the night, and nu
merous accidents, some of them fatal,
have resulted from it. 1t is almost
equally bad to turn off the gas at the
meter during the day.
Notwithstanding the universal intro
duction of gas lighting, there are still
many persons who would be benefited
by receiving plain instructions on the
use of gas in the household. Gas COM
panies would benefit themselves and
the public by paying more attention to
this matter. Among available statis-
tics may be found numerous incidents
of death or accidents due to faulty
management of gas. Among the more
remote causes the writer finds the fol-
lowing mentioned: In one of the two
adjoining rooms, supplied with gas
from one SO called prepayment gas
meter, a man retired for the night when
the gas supply from the meter was eX-
hausted, but forgot to close his gas
burner. The occupant of the adjoining
room came home late at night, dropped
a coin in the slot of the gas meter and
got n fresh supply of gas, which mean
while also escaped in the adjoining
room, killing the occupant.
Escape of gas and explosions have
also happened in the use of gas cook
ing stoves where boiling water, rum
ming over the vessel, eXtinguished the
flame. 1t has already been mentioned
that the so called Independent gas con-
nections with two keys may lead to ac-
cidents by the wrong one being turned
by mistake. Where the gas in the Gel
lar freezes in winter time it is danger
Gus to attempt to thaw out the gas
meter or service with a flame. A gas
meter should never be examined with
a burning light, nor should any tools
be used near Il gas meter known to be
leaky, on account of the danger of fly
ing sparks.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-06-23
Door Opened by Magic.

The priests of ancient Egypt had a
very simple method of imposing upon
the credulity of the people. They were
well acquainted with many laws of
physics and did not hesitate to employ
them to mystify the people. When
Hero, the Greek, who invented the first
slot machine, was writing his book on
natural laws, he included a drawing of
the temple doors, which were opened
as if by magic by the Egyptian priests.
The altar stood outside Of the temple
itself, and it was by utilizing this altar
that the doors Of the temple opened, as
If by the invisible touch of the god
Apis, and the faithful were invited in
to the holy temple to complete their
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-06-23
His Touching Appeal.

"Can't l teach you to love me, Miss
Genevieve? pleadingly asked the
young man.
Il fear not, Mr.. Spoonamore," she
answered.
'Then won't you please teach me
sisted eagerly.
This appealed to the essentially mas
culine or pedagogic element more or
less latent in every woman, and she
promised to take it under considera-
tion.-Chicago Tribune.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-06-23
THE FUN IN BADNESS.
1T IS POOR COMPENSATION FOR A
CAREER OF CRIME.
The Famous Lecturer. q. Hope Jones,
Cixcs Some Noted Cases In History
to I'rovc His Contention That Cuss-
eduess Doesn't Pay.
Copyright, 1900, by c. b. Lewis.I

eduess Doesn't Pay.
Copyright, 1900, by c. 3. Lewis.I
Fellow Citizens of OshkOsh-Permit
me to say that l am proud and grateful
for this large attendance this evening.
Although the admission is free and
everybod came expecting a chrome
as L free gift, 1 am grateful all the
same. Before beginning my lectures it
IS usual for me to take up collection,
and will now proceed with the task.
This collection is not necessarily an
evidence of your good faith in any
thing particular, but is intended to
pay my back rent and laundry bills
and assist me to reach Beaver Dam.
1t doesn't matter to the undersigned
whether you give cheerfully or grudg-
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-06-23

worship. How this was done is easy
to see from Hero's diagram. Beneath
the altar was the whole machinery.
When the fire was lighted on the al
tar, it warmed the air in the tube run
ming down to the vessel II, almost full
Of water. The expansion of the heated
air forced the water into the curved
tube KIM, transferring some of it to
the vessel X. This vessel was sus-
pended by chain, and as it filled with
water the weight pulled on the chain,
which was wrapped around pivots that
moved the doors open.
When the sacrifice was all over and
the fire was quenched on the altar, the
air inside of it cooled the water poured
back into the vessel II, emptying X,
and the weight seen at the extreme
right hand of the drawing pulled the
pivots around so as to close the doors.
OF course none but the priests knew
anything about this mechanism.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-06-23
The Pec0S Valley
& Northeastern
A New Road, Opening New Country
New Towns! New (DDOrtuDitieS!

A New Road, Opening a New Country
New Towns! New Opportunities!
Last year l2O ,OCO head of cattle passed
over this new thoroughfare. This
year the number will reach 200, 600
head.
Stations from Roswell east are within
thirty to thirty five hours of Kansas
feed lots and no need of unloading
stock In transit.
Shipping stations On the line in perfec,
order. Portals, Bovina, Hereford
and Canon City can accommodate
with feed and water 1000 to 10, 900
head of cattle each.
Bona-ide settlers wanted. Every effor,
will be made by the Railway to
assist them.
An abundance of water! Rich soil
Cheap lands! Quick transportation
and fair. honest rates.
For particulars as to the various open
ings in the Pecos Valley and it's
neighborhood ad dress
D. Fl. NICHOLS, Gen. Manager, OF
E. W. MARTINDELL, G. F. & P. A..
Roswell, N. M.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-06-23
NERO, THE wHITEwAsHER.

fDgly, SO long as you give. A liberal
spirit on your part will still further en-
courage me, but if there is one single
kuockkneed, slab sided son of father
Al this audience who conscientiouSly
feels that 1 ought to be sat down on,
then let him hang on to his nickel. The
collection is finished and the proceeds
counted. The go enlightened and cul-
tiyated people before me have Clipped
in about half n cent apiece, and my
laborS can be continued in other fields.
aIy dear people, want to say a few
words to you this evening about the
badness of human nature. 1t is easy
10 be bad. There is also a good deal
OF fun in it. 1t is the bad man who has
fur lined overcoat in winter, duck
suit in summer and champagne and
ice cream in the intervals. AS 1 turn
the stereopticon light on the canvas
You behold the picture of Nero. Up
TO the age of "a he was a good man.
While other young men were off to the
circus or races he was at home helping
his mother cut carpet rags or white
wash the cellar. He retired to his
couch at s o'clock at night instead Of
whooping things up at the TivOli. He
rose with the lark, and he rose without
a head on him, no swearing, no smok-
ing, no drinking-just goodness. One
day, after young Nero had been saw
ing Il cord of hickory wood in two, he
sat down to rest his back and figure a
bit. The result was that he decided
TO make Il change. He had come to the
conclusion that goodness didn't pay.
That's where he made a mistake
weighing a ton as all the world knows.
I-e--,1 10. ala IL
walked right into the house as a first
move and kicked over the churn and
upset the flour barrel and then de-
manded a quarter of his astoniShed
mother and went off on a spree. From
that day on he was a cuss on wheels.
He painted the old town red every
night in the week and got up next
day to paint her blue. His mother died
Of broken heart, and he sold her fiat
irons and quilt frames to bet on a
chariot race. His father was found
dead with tears in his eyes, and young
Nero sold off the chickens and pigs and
the old homestead to back a gladiat tor.
There was no holding him down except
when the Roman constables sat on
him. He became a sort of holy terror
TO the whole Roman empire, and when
ne finally died there was such general
satisfaction that the factory whistles
footed and the wages of the hired girls
we're advanced a dollar month.
During his career Nero swan in
champagne, reveled in quail on toast
and wore the best toga in the empire.
He had money in every pocket, admir-
ers on every corner, and high rolled to
beat the band. And yet what did it all
amount to? He died poor and disgrace
ed, and history hasn't got through
abusing him yet. He had traded off
an orange grove for a cabbage patch.
1 say to you all, and 1 say to that
squint eyed, lantern jawed man in the
third row in particular, that whoever
figures that badness is good invest
hent is going to get left. 1t is full Of
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-06-23
CAPTAIN KIDD.
champagne and race h

Shampagne and race horses and going
R-fishing; but, alas, it is also full of
hlighted souls.
Let me herewith present you the
picture of Captain Kidd, the pirate.
He was a man who had honor and
fame and the respect of the world
within his reach. He had only to keep
on being good to arrive at that point
where men would doff their hats to
him and women fall over each other to
get a view of the back of his neck.
Then he suddenly changed. He flung
his goodness to the winds and went in
TO be a screaming old pirate. He was
q hummer from Hummersville. BE
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-06-23
TIME TABLE NO. 5.
Mountain Ttme]
Stage Connections.

At Tularosa-For Mescalero Indian Agep
cy and San Andreas mining region.
At Oarrtzosa-For White Oaks, JtcarillAs
,3allinas and surrounding country.
At Walnut-For Nogal.
At Capitan-For FIT. Stanton Sanitarium
,-av lincoln. Richardson. Ruidoso AND
Bonito country.
At Toboggan-For Pine Springs, Elk, Weeo
Upper Penasro. Penasco and the entire Sac.
ramento Mountain region.
Fur Information of any kind regarding the
railroads, or the country adjacent thereto
call on or write to
A. 9. GREIG
Gen'l Sup't & Traffic Mgr, A iamogordo, n. N
II. ALEXANDER
Asst Genl F. & P, Agt.. Alamogordo. N.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-06-23
JUDAS AT THE PLOW.

badness is inevitable. 1t may prosper
for a short time, but the bad man is
busted and laid low when his pride is
greatest. 1t may not pay above per
cent to be good, but with clear con-
science, a good crop of potatoes and q
sure interest on your money you can
fall asleep on the cellar stairs or the
kitchen roof and know that all will be
well with you when the cows come
home to be MIXED. NJ. QUAD.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-06-23
POCKET POWER FAN,

al minutes, the speed reaching a maxi
mum of $500 revolutions per minute.
The guards, as well as the blades, may
be folded up, and the fan may then be
carried in the pocket. 1t weighs less
than five ounces and is finished in
heavy nickel plate. Its operation as
shown in the illustration, as stated, is
on the rack and pinion principle, the
reciprocating motion being obtained by
means of tongs which are held in the
hand.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-06-23
KeepinG Cool by MACHINERY.

\ decided summer season novelty,
says the Philadelphia Record, is the
auto-rotary hand fan, the power for
turning the fan being supplied by
means of a rack and pinion arrange
ment which gives this fan the advan-
tage that it can be carried around and
is not dependent upon any outside
source of power supply. One pressure
of the hand rotates the blades for sever
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-06-23
DOROTHY'S FAIRIES.
Little Guess Story That Any Bright
Girl Boy May UnrnveI.


Mamma had been telling Dorothy
pretty story about a friendly fairy who
always came just at the right moment
to help little girl in her work or play.
Dorothy thought about the story very
hard for a few minutes, and then she
looked up into mammals face and said:
81 wish 1 had a little fairy like that,
mamma. to help me-
':All little girls have fairies to help
them, Dolly"
''IS it another story, mamma? Tell
me about it!'' for mammals stories
were the incest stories in the world.
"But these fairies are truly ones, Dor
othy!'
''Truly, mamma"
"Truly, Dorothy. Jump up here, and
I'll tell you all about it,"
So Dorothy jumped up into mammals
lap again, for she had jumped down
when she thought the story was ended,
and mamma gave her a kiss and a
"bear's hug" and began:
Each little girl has ten real fairies
to help her, Dorothy, and she can make
them go to work whenever she likes"
DoIly's eyes opened very wide indeed,
and she said:
Have l got ten fairies, too, man.
MAJ
ooh, yes, Dolly, you have got ten
fairies, too, Just the same as other lit
tie girls. Your ten little fairies are
very busy, useful little servants, and
they love nothing better than to work
for you all day long. The more they
work the better work they can do, for
they become quicker and more expert.
That means they learn how to work
better. Do you understand, Dorothy?"
Dorothy nodded.
ooh, yes; 1 know. Just like when l
pick up all the scraps and papers.
know better how to do it next time"
Eyes, and just so. If you make your
little fairy servants work, they will
serve you better each time. So you
ought to keep them busy all day long.
Don't you think so, Dorothy?"
81 just wish l knew where they
lived, mamma said Dolly wistfully.
"They live with you in this house,
Dolly, girl" replied mamma, smiling at
Dolly's puzzled look.
Dear mew Dolly exclaimed, with
long breath.
"They are not so very big, Dolly"
went on this funny mamma, squeezing
Dolly's plump little hands. 1.-TWO Of
them are about two inches long and
the rest not more than three"
How much is three inches, NAM
map
So mamma got out her pretty tape
measure, with the bird on the cover,
and measured one of Dolly's fingers
and showed her just how long three
inches was.
"Oh, 1 do wish 1 knew where they
were, mammal
'Such dear, busy, faithful little serv-
ants they can be, Dolly" mamma went
on, her eyes twinkling fast, with the
little shiny sparkles in them that Dol
ly loved.
"Do-do tell, mammal
and your fairies have learned how
to do such nice things, Dolly. They
can pick up the baby's toys or bring
papa's paper or carry grandma her
knitting''-and mamma laughed ever so
hard.
ooh, 1 know, mamma; know! I've
found out!'' cried Dolly. 81 know now
who my ten fairies are.'
And since every little girl has ten
fairies just like them, who knows what
Dorothy's ten little fairy servants
were?
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-06-23
Electrical HOrseWhfns.

An electrical horsewhip described in
a recent number of Electricity gives
the animal a shock instead of a cut
A small battery Is imbedded in the
celluloid handle, and this is controlled
by q push button.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-06-23

Nothing teaches patience like a gar
den. You may go round and watch the
opening bud from day to day, but it
takes it's own time, and you cannot
urge it on faster than it will. If forced,
it is only torn to pieces. All the best
results of garden, like those of life,
are slowly but regularly progressive
Weekly Bouquet.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-08-15
WILL GO TO DETROIT.
sistersyiIIe VIII Send Fifty People
TO the n. OF T.. Grand Encamp-
nlent.

sistersyiIIe VIII Send Fifty People
to the IL. OF T.. Grand Encnmp-
ment.
The members Of the knights Of
Pythias, who live in this city, and
their friends are making preparations
TO attend the grand encampment of
chat order at Detroit the latter part Of
the month and there is every assur-
ance now of large attendance. The
members of Edw. Dalton Co., to the
number of more than 80. will attend,
and most of the members will be ac-
cOmpanied by either their wives, sis
tiers or sweethearts
In addition to the members OF the
Edward Dalton Co., there will be quite
a number of the members of the order
go who do not belong TO the Uniform
ed Rank. The party will leave this
city on Sunday morning, August Goth
at about O'Clock in special train
which will run through to Wheeling
with00tiia stop. Quite a number Of
people who do not belong to the or
der will take advantage Of the low
rates and it is believed there will be
fully on hundred go, although only so
have been guaranteed. The party will
be absent from the city for about 10
days, and it goes without saying that
they will have a good time during
their stay in the city on the lake.