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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1900-11-24

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Own freslie when i IS hxei up
fer company
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1900-11-24

II ia the man who is bleso1.
with good msmorl who can
always forget when il is to his
Interest 10 do so.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1900-11-24

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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1900-11-24

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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1900-11-24

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man sIwa, toes himself s""'
turn.
The Somerset reporter., 1900-12-13

listed in the 23d New York State M
tional Guard and served Il short term.
afterwards going to New Port
land for ten years coming thence 10
SkoNhegan and l.. l.. Walton. his
nephew. joined him in ls13. from
whom comes the firm of Walton x
Walton. His brother died in 1N65 and
come richer had he remained in New
York and succeeded to that business
but he doubts if he would have been
happier In 1870 he WAS elected county
attorney. serving six ycars. He Was
four years i'm the House and four
years in the Senate. serving on the
judiciary committee as chairman dur
ing his last term in the Senate. and is
Il wise counselor of the Republican
party of this community. He has
once affiliated with the |. .. q. +.
Z x y NJ. and is now With 6. y K
l. l. Walton also halls from Mercer
and Was admitted to the bar i'm lN13.
lie is "A careful, we'll read and con
scientious lawyer, growing 10 b. more
and more an authority in law and
equity matters and counselor for other
LAWYERS He has been county altor-
uey. has served on Republican and
State and county committees. in the
Legislature one term. is "a member OF
the CONGREGATIONAL church. +. y \
NJ. .. q. f. y. T.. .. =. \. .. L. W.
and |. o. f.
The Somerset reporter., 1900-12-13
W. H. WILDaS

Dry and Fancy Goods Women
furnishings. Garments, Suits and
Sewing Machines, "A Water street
Mr.. Wildes has one Of the largest and
best of SkowheEan's stores. it being
22x125 feet in dimensions extending
through from Water to Russell street
The stock is in keeping With the size of
the establishment. The store is pro
yided with every modern accessory for
facilitating business including cash
carrier system, electric lights and
steam heat. The profusion of APP
pare for women tastefully arranged
on shelves and counters indicates that
the people here and in the surrounding
district appreciate the advantages of
making purchases at this emporium.
The stock is kept neW and fresh
throughout the year and here are first
introduced the novelties of the season.
Six competent salespeople are en-
The Somerset reporter., 1900-12-13


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The Somerset reporter., 1900-12-13


Manufacturers nool oil cloth. George
W Nash superintendent. Willow street.
Goods like those HAT are made i'm
these factories noH haNe been mpdo
for 81 years or more by This firm, or
by G. NJ Bailey. and before that scV-
eral owners had carried on the bust
ness. i'm all the enterprise covering half
"a century. oil cloth has been used
many Years by the people of this coun-
try ami it's use is nom the less extern
siNe as time GOES on. but rather the
reverse. ass improvements are made
which keep these goods staple i'm tho
market and eyer up=ta=eIate. Mr Bailey
is Il thorough manufacturer and has
been identified With the business all
his life having his chief establishments
at Winthrop. where he employs largo
force of operatives Who enjoy the
The Somerset reporter., 1900-12-13
COMMONWEALTH SHOE <
LEATHER %.

Charles II. Jones, president. Clarence
d. Reed. treasurer, George l.. Stafford.
superintendent, factory East Front
street SkoWheEan's leading industry
now and for more than fifteen years.
is this factory where are nude mems
shoes of medium grade. and employ
ment is afforded $50 operatives. This
The Somerset reporter., 1900-12-13

fortunately and much to the regret
of every citizen of SkoWhegan. his
health is seriously impaired
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-05-22
WHAT TO TEACH BOYS.

A philosopher has said that true
education of boys is to ''teach them
what they ought to know when they
become men"
/. To be true and to be genuine.
No education is worth anything that
does not include this. A man had
better not know how to read, and be
true and genuine in action, rather
than be learned in all sciences and in
all languages, and be at the same
time false in heart and counterfeit
in life. Above all things, teach the
boys that truth is more than riches,
power OF possessions.
2. To be unselfish. To care for the
feelings and comforts of others. To
be generous, noble and manly. This
will include a genuine reverence for
the aged and for things sacred.
1. To be se~lf-reliant and self-help-
full, even from childhood. To be in
dustrious always, and self-support-
ing at the earliest proper age. Teach
them that all honest work is honor
able that an idle life of dependence
on others is disgraceful.
When a boy has learned these thing
says a writer in an exchange, when
he has made these ideas part of him
however poor or however rich-he
has learned the most important
things he ought to know.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-05-22
AUNT N LETTER.

While removing some ugly black
pencil marks from plastering and
paint this morning 1 was reminded
that perhaps someone in our corner
would like to know how to get OF
the marks so often made by little
hands holding their first pencil. L
wet a nice, clean rag, sprinkle a lit
tie common soda on it, then gently
rub the marks. After they disap-
pear, rinse with clean cold water. It
is easily done and no trace of the
former ugliness remains.
Careless Toms letter was crowded
out last week. heartily endorse his
fashion items. His advice concern
ing gaudy apparel reminds me OF an
article that [ read some time ago
from the pen of an American who
has spent much time in Paris. She
writes of fashions but declares that
nothing impressed her so much as the
quiet, Subdued graynesS Of that great
city compared with our gayly cOlOred
cities and towns. From her window
in Boston she counted twenty differ
ent colored houses. This impressed
her as a common lack of refinement
and [ fear that her opinion is voiced
by many strangers who visit our
shores. A conglomeration Of cOlOrs
thrown together without regard to
harmony or g~eneneral effect, a seek
ing after the gaudy and snowy, in
dictate vulgarity, while subdued col
Ors indicate refinement.
am sorry for you, Betsy. 1t is
enough for a woman to attend to her
own work, but when she must also
see that others work, her task is in
deed a hard one. We are always
glad to hear from you and Major and
trust you will not remain away so
long again.
There are many vacant seatsin the
Circle now, and there are many mem
bers from whom I should hear at
once. What became Of Spring Birds
promise to tell US of his adventures?
And Eva PlamondOn-but the list is
too long. Don't write for me to call
your name, but wait soon.
AUNT JENNIE.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-05-22
The Home Circle.
THE BoER RIFLEMAN's SONG.

IAN unknown pt or at least one who is knOwnOm only by the initials" L. o b., hasW ut
ten What may becanedj justly the @t poem that the WARN south AFRICA h& hhs@% Sn T
cuaad widely before this especially since tn British nation is hungry for good war uPOmy
Tmap poem Wsp printed in The feephOne weekly paper published in percy SePm
Der Gh The words" rOi baaue" used by the poet refer the relocated Hush "buN@I
Law M rifle here beside me, set my Bible o N my breast,
For a moment let the waiEng bugles cease;
As the century is closing l am going to my rest
Lord, lettest Thou Thy servant go in peace;
But loud through all the buges ring a cadence n mine ear,
And OF the winds my hopes of peace are slowed
The winds that watt the voices that already l al hear
Of the ROOF baaGe singing o the road.
Yes, the redcOats II returning; I "a hear the steady tramp,
After twenty years of waiting, luned to sleep,
Since the rank and file at POtcherstrOom we hemmed them IN their camp
And cut them VI at BrOnkerspruit like sheep.
They shened US at IngOgO, but we gaIOped intor range,
And we shot the British gunners where they showed.
/ guess they would return to Is [ kne the chance aus change
Hark, the ROOF baatje singing on the road!
But now from snow-swept Canada, from Indiais torrid plains
From lone Australian OUtpOsts, higher led,
Obeying their commando as they hear the bugles strains,
The men in brown have joined the lei in red;
They come to find the cOlOTs at Majuba that they lost,
They come to pay US back the debt they owed,
And Ihear new voices lifted and | see strange cOlOrs tossed
Mid the ROOF baatje singing on the road.
The old, old faiths must falter; the old, old creeds must fall;
hear lit Ill the distant murner low.
The old, old order changes and It's vain for u to rail;
The great world does not want us, W. must go,
And vat and spruit and kOpje to the stranger must belong
No more to trek before him we shall load
Too well, too we'll, | know it, for | hear 1T IN the song,
OF the ROOF baate singing OF the road,
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-05-22
BETSY IS WITH US AGAIN.
AUNT JENNIE

DEAR AUNT JENNIE Now that
the corn an cotton is planted
[ will take up my pen again
ter let yore readers all know I
still run this ranch. Zeke lows the
sun is er gitin' powerful warm. I
tells him hits a good while till layin'
by time no use ter grumble yit.
Lands sake he amt got nothing ter
do side of me. I've got him an the
niggers ter keep at work and make
earn thar board.
Seems like I do hav' more an my
share of trubble why only yesterday
ole Spec left her nest with Is good
aigs, or least ways they was good
when [ sot her. This mOrnin' the
spotted calf run off an [ lax ter run
myself ter death after hit. SIGH is
the trials an vexations of farm life.
But [ tell Zeke hit has hits joys,
toO-the fruit crop will be nearly ez
large ez the crop Of candidates, an
the 'tater crop nearly ez large the
crop of bugs, etc, etc, etc.
Hits just 50 all thrO' life sunshine
an shadders side by side, an not er
rose shall bloom withOuten a thorn.
Zeke lows he's goin' to celebrate the
goth century by proclaimin' his
emancipation from female bossin'.
[ low he'll sew his own buttons, too.
Lands sake ! I've got ter see Their first
Independent man yit. They air that
helpless-''lOrds O. creation, Indeed I!
Some of 'em kin cook er mite, SIGH ez
it is, but they can't make or coat
o iron er shirt. Come ter think of
it, thar amt much er woman can't
do; hit seems like she'll run the
world yit if it will stand stand long
ernuff. And lands sake !! hits time
fur men air that pOky hit makes
me tired ter set an wait on 'em ter
move things. Why, here's this here
Philippian wal bin going on long er
huff time ter lick England in an
these big chords O creation" can't
whip er hand full er savages. An
if they ever do lick en- they'll never
git done BLOWN over hit.
Thar amt no use for us ter try to
help the Beers when we can't help
Ourself, Zeke SEE, an we can't fur
here we air jist keepin' up a war so
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-05-22
Our Social Chat.
- FDTTED BY AUNT JENNIE n.

\ EDTTED BY AUNT JENNIE, RALEIGH, n. {.
AS CONTRIBUTORS to this department. of
The Progressive Farmer, we have some OF the
most Wide-awake and progressive young lad!es
Ind y01no men and someO Of the most entertain
ing writer's among the older people of this and
other States, the ages of the members ranging
from sixteen to more thOn sixty.
Y0TT r REQUESTED to join by sending
us a letter on some subject of general interest,"
and writing thereafter as often as posslOle'
office address for Aunt Jennie's information.
If YOU do not wish your real name to appear
in print, give name by when you WISH 10 De
known as a Chatterer. ~
WEEKS OR MORE must, as a rule
elapse between the time a letter Is WFICteh III
the date of it's publication.
ADDRESS all letters to aunt JennIe' careo
The Progressive Farmer, Ralelgh, n.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-05-22

and Bar Harbor, and I expect to get
engaged several times before the au-
tumn. Not real engagements, you
know. Justfor fun. was engaged
four times last summer at Lake
George"
"Why, I've never been, even once.
7 suppose it is great fun! Listen,
dear. how is this One ideal purpose
we shall always have in view from
the hour we leave our dear college
forever. It will shine like a star
across our pathways leading us on,
upward even to higher, truer lives :
Did [ get that right?"
"That's it."
1.-The past, dear schoOlmates is be-
hind US the future before us only
the present is ours. Let us make
the most the most of our golden
opportunities !"
Eyes. Now get in all your good
byes to schoolmates, teachers, pro-
fessors and the college. Leave no
n out but the cat and the servants.
Then you're finished. I wish 1
was!"
Never mind, dear. Well go
through the cyclos together after
supper, and I'll help you find some
nice long quotations !''-Ex
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-05-22
HOW O SAY IT.

There is much in the way a thing
is said. "YOur cheeks are like
rOses,' said Aunt Flora, when LOIS
came in from a January walk, glow
ing from the cold and exercise.
Lois smiled, and looked lovingly
at Aunt Flora. Aunt Margaret en-
tered the room a minute later, ana
glancing at Lois as she stood by the
fire, said, My! Your face is as red
as a beet"
The red grew deeper on Lois face
while Unsciously she turned petu-
lantly away from Aunt Margaret
who prides herself on being "pIaln.
spoken"
like Aunt FlOra's way best. on0
can say the right word at the rlSn'
time, too, even the word of admon'
ton and reproof, but she says II IL
such a manner that one can thlnh
only of the scriptural "apples Of golo
in pictures Of silver. woman
Home Companion.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-05-22
DRESS, FASHION AND POLITICS

DEAR AUNT JENNIE Some wool.
have elapsed since I last appeared -
your circle. In fact, the bows sao,.
to have deserted with the excention
of Will Retlaw and Tennessee Rou
who are adding somewhat to tio
gaiety of the nations.
I have no special subject, but will
make a little running comment on
the topics of the day. All the girls
are talking of fashions and sDrino
dresses, while members of NV own
sex devote every spare moment f.
political questions. Now I am not
an expert either in matters of dress
or of government but I have a few
opinions regarding both. AS for
dress, so long as girls-Or BOYS
dress neither shabbily nor gaudiIv
they are safe. One extreme is as
bad as the other. The aim should ba
to occupy the safe middle ground
In my opinion when a person is 50
dressed, whether gayly or shabbilv,as
to attract attention to the apparel
that person is badly dressed. With
me the only impression [ get from q
properly attired person is that the
person is neatly dressed my atten.
ton is attracted to the wearer and
not to the apparel. It is only the
shabby or overly-dressed person
whose raiment fixes itself in nv
memory. But it must be remem-
bered that I am writing from a mas
culine standpoint of my acquaint-
ances among the gentler sex many d
one can tell you the color, quality
and style Of the dress Of each and
every woman that attended her
church last Sunday and possibly for
several Sundays previous. But
from my standpoint, a dress that
excites attention is not the one to
wear.
Likewise, about fashion: the mid
die ground is safest. There is an
old, but none the less honorable,
couplet that runs in this manner:
BE not the first by whom the new
is tried;
Nor yet the last to lay the old
aside"
But [ had better drop the subjects
of dress and fashion. I feel a little
more at home in the discussion Of
political matters. And here l shall
advocate the same principle that
have supported in my remarks on
dress and fashion. Don't be a slave
of political fashions. Have conviC-
tions of your own and vote them,
Don't be gaUdy: that is, dOn'tarouse
attention by fiery and passionate
UtteranCes. Don't be shabby: that
is, don't follow the old ruts marked
out by party bosses. Politically
am most interested in getting a lcgiS-
lature that will give us four months
public schools, a reformatory for
young criminals, and relief for the
children in our factories.
Well, the flowers are here and how
beautiful they are! I trust that no
reader of the Social Chat is 50
materialistic as to begrudge the time
or little money spent in beautitiying
yards and grounds with them. But
[ have said enough and must close.
CARELESS Tom.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-05-22

81 have to wear IOrgett6, you
know, on account of eyes; so I am
going to wear d chain with small
pearls in the links. It's very sim
pie, though. Oh, how I hate that
Flareby girl, don't you?'
4 despise her. I've ordered
white kid shoes because she is going
to wear satin slippers, and she wan
ted all the girls to. Do you know
there are none of the girls that I
should care to associate with when
we get away from here. Stupid
frumps, most of them. You are the
only girl that l have ever made Z
confidant of. don't depend on one
of them. Mean, tricky things! al
ways gOssipping behind ones back a.
But I'm disturbing you
The pen and pencil travelled busily
Over the paper. The severe girl
skipped from page to page of her ref
erence books. The frivolous girl
chewed her pencil and looked at the
ceiling now and then, as though for
inspiration. Suddenly she stopped.
"Listen! - she commanded. 4
think this is good: The day, which
seems Sc suspicious, so filled with
happiness and the fragrance of our
vanished school days, sweeter than
the blossoms which which we wear
in honor of Our commencement day,
Is saddened by one cloud that dark
ems the vista smiling before our
wondering eyes. Our graduation
means a parting from dear friends
and schOOlmateS with whom we have
been bound together in the closes
ties of affection and cOmpanionship
for so many months. When we
think of those friends who viii per
haps pass out of our lives forever.
the tears must dim our eyes whilst
our thoughts fit back to the days
gone by"
"Lovelyr' said the severe girl;
''but not whilst-while is Just as
good and one letter less. When you
read that, you must look quickly
around the class from face to race
and smile at them. Even though
you hate EN-, smile and it makes a
great hit with all the relatives. Addie
Sa~ndalhop6 did hat last year, and
the reporters all spoke of her unaf-
fected friendly manner in addressing
her mates
What had she on
"Oh, you can imagine! White
satin with a train and short sleeves -
Just fancy! Have you decided
to have a transparent yoke?"
Yes 1 think it's more the thing
with a dotted null. It's one of
those clinging skirts, you know, with
bow-knot embroidery running up the
sides and edges in "a r0sette on the
left hip"
How perfectly sweet Just give
me a hint about what subject should
take up after the days gone by"
If L were you Id go right on
And now, dear teachers Giveit to
them strong about their patience
and affection. Try and forget how
old Miss Parkinson broke up our
party that night and took away the
cigarettes to show as proof. Wen
get even with her some day for that
Then go on to our hopes and ideals.
On that's so easy, 1 envy you"
Poor thing I! [ do pity you. How
a have you got now"
Il We just started on the literature
Oh Egypt, The key to Egyptian
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-05-22

a few big ginerals can itthar nan.
in Their papers, Zeke lows 7 Deada% -
talk, eel jist write ter Aunt JENNA !
as ter git my name in print. Ho y; ~
powerful proud of it tho. ~
Well, hits time ter git dinner ~.
no more at present from ~
ELIZABETH JONEs-BuKrvs
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-05-22
TWO SWEET GIRL GRADUATES,

They were two sweet girl graduates
and they had shut themselves up in
the double room which they shared
to write they essays. The frivolous
one, who had the valedictory on her
hands, was curled upon a couch with
books of quotations and poems all
around her. She was writing on a
big pad balanced on one knee. The
severe-looking girl was at d table
surrounded with open cyclopedas,
books of reference and dictionaries.
Listen to this" said the valedic-
tOrian. Tell me how this sounds
We must realize that life is reality
one that ConfrOnts US now, as never
before. We stand on the threshold
of the dim, impenetrable future. Here
tOfore our paths have been strewn
with roses of kindness and affection.
The schOlrOOm has been our universe
"a world from which we step re-
~luctantIy into the newer that
opes before u.s."
THAT WHAT"
s.OpeS."
"'Oh, I don't think I'd say opes.
Opens or unfolds sounds better. But
it's al right. You're in luck to have
that kind of rot to write instead of
this thing I'm working on"
How far have you got?"
The seyere-looking girl picked up
the sheets of paper on which she had
been writing and began to read in
evolutionary style:
.Back-back to the dim mystic
riOus and remote past, we children
of the present gaze through the miSts
of years to the centuries when the
minds of the ancients conceived the
discoveries for which we of to-day
are the beneficiaries. Ethnology,
comparative philology and prehis-
toric archaeology teach us'-That's
as far as I've reached. How do you
like it?"
That's great! It sounds just like
d history!'
i don't want it to sound too like
the history. Last year Jessie COoley's
essay was copied exactly from the
history, word for word, and the girls
all repeated it softly to themselves
while she was reading, and it made
such = buzz that she had to stop half
way. 1t was dreadful
''Oh, yours doesn't sound like that.
It's just smooth and nice. Now.
what ought 1 to take up after the
ren opening before u.s."
About partings with schoOlmates.
That's always good for a page and a
half. Make it real strong" She
turned over a page of the cycIopedia
and ran her fingers along it in search
of a word. Now l go on from here. =
she said. 1.-THE manufacture of glass
usually attributed to the PhOeni-
clans, was really discovered by the
Egyptians more than four thousands
years agO-m-mm-mm. The an
cient Egyptians had methods of col
ornS glass which we have new
er been able to equal. Their i'm
itations of precious stones Saw
did you hear that Sallie Flarebv is
going to wear d diamond necklace at
the graduation?"
Il shouldn't be "a bit surprised.
She always dresses in horrid taste.
Now my frock is absolutely plain,
just a m~Ousseline de sole slip over
white taffeta. I won't wear even a
pearl, nothing but a class pin. Will
your"