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also to light hitherto neglected and dark neigh4
borhOods.
The company will naturally begin its opera
tons in France; thereafter it intends 10 take
the roads of Belgium under its care, and then
those Of other countries. 1t is easy to see that
this suggested perpetual service of electricity
viii give rise TO many changes 1t viii undoubt-
edly bring about greatly stimulated trade
with regard 10 autocars for pleasure purposes,
ana Will also entirely reVolutiOniZe land trans
port The industry of autOmObilism viii enter
on new and apparently bOundIesS course when
the driver Of an electrical conveyance can feel
certain OF being able TO obtain the necessary
motive force for his vehicle anywhere on the
road, and when he can insure not being left
high and dry in some lonely spot miles from
his destination and without the faintest pros
pect OF succor, II viii follow that the highways
and byWayS VIII be crowded with trade
carts, stage coaches, omnibuses and wagons Of
all descriptions driven by electricity. There are
still many places which the railway though per-
haps not far Off does exactly touch and
many. too, that owing to cross country, are
only 10 be reached with much delay and
ton of spirit
The new idea will do away with such trouble
and to outlying districts viii prove undoubt-
ed boon. In addition TO recharging exhausted
electrical accumuIators, the French company en-
cages TO cater for the wants of the petroleum
and impossible requirements Of the cyclists 1t
aims. also, III fact at establishing a chain OF
excellent country hotels, where all the necessi-
ties or travellers VIII be carefully studied, med
zeal aid included. Probably the railway
panies viii be the principal sufferers by and OBJ
Jectors 10 this scheme Most Of Us viii CRATE
fully acknowledge the enormous advantage 10
be gained by the general public. Approved
not, there Is no doubt that electricity is the
future mode Of conveyance, and the company
that is first in the field TO supply what will soon
be crying necessity deserves 10 he both well
coined anu thanked
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-01-14
CHEAP HYDROGEN GAS.


OBTAINED FOR NOTHING AS a Y-PRoDUCT FROM
ACETYLENE.
Almost the only demand for hydrogen gas. ex-
cept in small quantities for laboratory use is for
filing balloons, and these are now Of such value
in military service that the question Of the cost
of the gas is important one. Until recently
the favorite method of producing it to
solve water into its constituent elements by cleo
Ticity. If both the oxygen and hydrogen could
be utilized the cost Of the latter would be about
54 centimes or 10 cents, a cubic metre But
French mining engineer, NJ, Hubou, has found
a much more economical means of procuring the
gas. .
The plan is to manufacture Iampblack
from acetylene gas, an operation that yields
hydrogen as by-product, and inasmuch as the
lampblack can be sold for more than the cost
Of the materials needed to make it, the hydrogen
can be had for practically nothing. AcetyIene
It is hardly necessary to say, is derived most
cheaply from calcium carbide This substance
having been immersed in water, gives off an
abundance of the gas M. Hubou tncloses a
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certain amount in stout steel cylinder, under
pressure Of two atmospheres. By means Of a
flament like that of an incandescent lamp he
ignites the acetylene. It is decomposed abruptly,
though without violence. Nevertheless. the op-
orator is advised TO stand at distance from
his apparatus when he turns on the electric cur
rent. When the acetyene is broken up il gives
rise lampblack which is deposited the
walls Of the cylinder, and to free hydrogen.
So much of the latter is produced that the pres
sure in the cylinder rises during the process to
about twenty-five atmosphere or nearly four
hundred pounds to the inch. on opening a valve
the operator allows the hydrogen to flow off into
a separate reservoir.
A kilogram of acetylene costs about franc.
1t produces seventy-fve grammes of hydrogen,
or more than cubic metre. and 925 grammes
of lampblack- It Is asserted that this amount of
lampbIack has a higher value than the carbide
needed 10 make il. 1t is a rather curious aspect
of this discovery that acetylene is about as
heavy gas as air, but it IS used to make the
highest gas yet known.
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THE NEXT SOLAR ECLIPSE.
4 RARE OPPORTUNITY FOR AMERICANS,
AZ AVE INSPIRING AND LOVELY sIGHT-yIIA-

AZ AVE INSPIRING AND LOVELY sIGHT-wHAT
-HE U>5KI--LEu OBSERVER NAY SEE
Al astronomical spectacle Of exquisite beauty.
pr szen bet - il the eastern part Of this coun-
II for more than twenty years visible without
Instruments. and therefore available 10 the IN
scientific public, Is promised for May Is, 1900
This s total eclipse Of the sun The last event
4 th.s character which was Witnessed east OF
le Rocky Mountains occurred in 1875. and the
-sxt one prior 10 that was in 1863. No repetition
z TIE pert---uance-Jhat Is. on the same stage
nay Dr. looked tCr before 1916.
TIE line along which the eclipse viii be total
VII BE- only about one hundred miles wide L
v-- extend " from Mexico into Southern Lotisi-
ana over Mississippi, Alabama, Northern Geor-
ga North Carolina and Virginia passing out al
Norfolk T. the ocean crossing 10 Spain. and
--aLF reaching down into Algeria. At me cen
--= II The I--1 The totaiity viii las one minute
l1 t7rrV-t-F= seconds near the edge for mucn
Shorter interval Outside Of the favored belt the
-Es= T- h. partial and hence devoid OF Ger
BAN exec dinghy lovely features which VIII make
FIN sigh ~ II a memorable experience.
The only occasion for doubr about the success
of ms Exhibition arises from the uncertainties
ef The weather Eclipses are predicted with IN
falling -7curacy- But a special study Of the
-=c1-ds tl- several years past shows that late il
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BURYING THE T4TTERED COLORS.
From The London chronicle,

From The London Chronicle
In connection with the story Of the British flag
safd to be buried at Pretoria, II is perhaps worth
mentioning that in the middle of the last century
il was no unusual occurrence for the tatIered or
..,gounded'' coIors, as they were quantity styled
tn he Inferred IN a North Country paper of
Nav RI 1863 there is the following passage: The
old coors of the 18th Regiment OF root, Lord
Gsorge Iennox's' tnow the Kings own Border
ers) "duartered Mt Newcastle upon-Tyne, being
mucb wounded in Germany, particularly at the
glorious and ever memorable battle OF MInden,
were buried with military honors-"
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AN UNEXPECTED BURNS LECTURE.
From The London Chronicle.

From The London Chronicle.
John Augustus O'Shea 10 the fund in aid
Of whom We referred the other day, used TO be
in considerable request as a lecturer on his
military experiences. once, at Dumfrles, he
came upon the platform wearing in his button
hole a daisy which he quietly removed and
held up. Ladies and gentlemen" he began,
Il hold in my hand a wee modest hover /
plucked this evening from the grave or Robert
Burns" The audience was interested, and be-
came euthralled as the lecturer went on 10
speak Of the national poet Then, suddenly
recolIecting that Burns had nothing 10 90 with
his subject, he stopped abruptly. Ana now,
said DIR. O'Shea, Il VIII proceed 70 relate my
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experiences in the war" But by this time he
had thoroughly engaged the symnathies of his
listeners. who would not hear OF another sub
ject Never min The war. sir" they vOcifer-
ated; gle US Robbie Burns And he did. This
eXtempore Grafton aftcrward became one Of the
most popular Of Mr.. O'Sheas lectures.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1900-12-08
RegulatIng the Rattleanale.

A farmer once found a rattlesnake.
Having caught it and put it in bag,
>he carried it home and called his
neighbors together, saying:
Behold. l have captured snake,
and it is big and strong; now what
shall ! do with it?"
Then one Of the men said:
This is very harmless looking
reptile. think he might be allowed
to go wherever he pleases."
Another said; MY friend. do you
not know that this harmless looking
serpent has a sting. Now. therefore,
/ move that all people, and especially
young people, be warned faithfully to
keep out of the way of the serpent,
lest they be bitten"
This counsel seemed to impress the
assembly favorably.
Then third speaker began in this
wise: "Since the bite of this reptile is
SO very dangerous, | would submit
that it might be well to make certain
rules and regulations; as, for instance,
that he is not TO 90 abroad on the
day called Sunday; that he must not
be allowed to sting anybody who is
not of age; moreover, that he shall
not be let out Of his cage at all until
a council Of citizens shall decide.
And finally" said this wise and
thoughtful man, Il suggest that an
oath be administered to our neighbor,
the keeper of the snake, that he will
faithfully carry out these provisions. !"
Now it came to pass that all the
neighbors we're so moved with these
words that with one voice they cried
out: so let it be" And so the snake
still lives.-The Abstainer's Advocate.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1900-12-08
Educate the Women.

In a sermon recently delivered at
Rome by Bishop Spalding Of Peoria.
H.. a Roman Catholic eeclesiast. he
said; Since It Is our duty to educate, II
is our duty to give the best education.
and first OF all to give the best oduca-
tion to woman; for she, as mother. Is
the aboriginal God-appointed educator.
What hope Is there Of genuine prog
ress. in religious life especially. II we
leave her uneducated? Where woman
is ignorant, man is coarse and sensual.
where her religion Is but a superstition
he is sceptical ami irreverent II We
are to have a race of enlightened. no.
BILE and brave men. We must give to
woman the best education 1t is posi-
BILE for her to receive She has the
same right as a man to become all that
she may be. TO know whatever may
be known. TO do whatever Is fair and
just and good In souls there is no
sex II we leave half the race in ig-
noTance. how shall We hope to lift the
other half into the light OF truth and
love?
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1900-12-08

the company remained silent. After
enduring it as long as he could, he
said:
Gentlemen, / want you to under
stand that | am liquor dealer. l keep
a public house at --, but | would
have you to know that have license
and keep a decent house. | don't keep
loafers and loungers about my place.
and when a man has enough he can
get no more at my bar. l sell to de-
cent people and do respectable busi-
ness"
He thought he had put quietus on
the subject and that no answer could
be given. Not so. The Quaker said:
Friend, that Is the most damnable
part of thy business If thee would
sell to drunkards and loafers thee
would help kill off the race and society
would be rid of them. When their
characters and money are all gone,
thee kicks them out and turns them
over to other shops to finish off, and
thee ensnares others and sends them
on the same road to ruin
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1900-12-08
When the Clouds Lift

The low foothills that lie at the base
OF some Alpine country may look high
when seen from the plain, as long as
the snowy SUBMITS are wrapped in
it. but when a little pun Of wind
comes and clears away the fog from
the lofty peaks nobody looks at the
little green hills in front SO the
worlds hindrances and the worlds diff
ficulties and cares look very lofty till
the cloud lifts. But when we see the
great white SUBMITS everything lower
does not seem so very high after all.
Look to Jesus. and that will dwarf the
difficulties. Alexander Maclaren.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1900-12-08
A THuNDERsToRM.
Its Formation Is Something Few of I
Understand.

xts Formation Is Something Few of Us
Understand.
The formation of thunder storm is
one of the familiar things that few Of
us know anything about it. That
sounds like contradiction, but 1t is
not, for while we are familiar enough
with the impressive spectacle made by
the clouds as they gather and with the
sometimes disastrous and always star
Ting effects Of the storm when it
breaks over us, how many Of us can
trace 1t back to its origin, step by
step, and tell how and where 1t got its
terrible power? Let us try to do this.
There is no doubt that the electric
charge of a cloud comes from an ini-
tial charge multiplied by ipduction.
The initial charge may be acquired by
evaporation, for we know that cleo
tricity may be generated in that way.
Or 1t may be generated by the friction
Of vapor-laden air, which. moving as
wind, comes In contact with objects on
the earth's surface. This yapor Is COM
posed OF very minute particles OF wat
er. each Of which becomes electrified,
the charge accumulating on its sur
face. Now, as these PARTICLES OF drops
come together and are condensed into
larger drops the surface area Is re-
duced in proportion to the volume and
an increased electric accumulation IS
the result. In other words. when two
drops are condensed into one. there is
the same quantity Of wafer and Of
electricity was when the drops were
separate, but there is good deal less
surface, and the electric charge is in
tenslhed to that extent The drops SO
formed attract smaller dross by their
greater power, and thus condensation.
with continual increase Of power, goes
on rapidly and thundercloud begins
to form. AS the cloud is sent forward
by the wind It affects the earth's sur
face by induction, and the earth's
surface affects 1t In the same way, the
cloud becoming positively and the
earth negatively charged. This goes
on rapidly, electric energy being con-
tinually drawn to the cloud from the
air, and the same quantity being re-
PEELED from the earth below. Thus Il
is that the thundercloud forms so
quickly and acquires SO great an else-
tric power.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1900-12-08

Brethren. the time is short. There
is the fact. then, forever pressing on
us. and these are the consequences
which 1t ought to bring TO those who
feel its presence. Behold, it is no
dreary shadow hanging above our
heads and shutting out the sunshine.
II is an everlasting Inspiration. 1t
makes life solemn and interesting
with criticalness; and it makes friend
ship magnanimous. and the desire to
help our fellow men real and energet-
ic. It concentrates and invigorates our
lives, in the brightest, freshest. clear
est mornings, It comes to us not as
cloud. not as paralysis, but as new
brightness in the sunshine and new
vigor in the arm. Brethren, the
time is short" Only remember the
shortness of life is not reality to
us. except as it shows itself against
a true realization Of eternity. Brooks.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1900-12-08
Llfe.s LIttIe par.

One secret OF a sweet and happy
Christian life is learning 10 live by the
day. 1t is the long stretches that tire
US. We think of life, as a whole, run
ming on for us. We cannot carry this
load until we are threescore and ten.
We cannot fight this battle continually
for half a century But really there
are no long stretches. Life does not
come to us all at one time; it comes
only a day at time. Even tomorrow
is never ours until il becames today,
and we have nothing whatever to do
with it but to pass it down fair and
good inheritance in today's work well
done and today's life well lived. II is
a blessed secret, this living day by day.
Anyone can carry his burden, however
heavy, till nightfall. Anyone can do
his work however tired, for one day.
Anyone can live sweetly, patiently,
lovingly and purely till the sun goes
down. And this is all that life ever
means to us-just one little day. do
today's duty; fight today's temptation,
and do not weaken and distract your
self by looking forward to things you
cannot see. and could not understand
II you saw them" God gives us night
TO shut down the curtain Of darkness
on our little days. We cannot see be-
yond. Short horizons make life easier
and give us one OF the blessed secrets
Of brave. true, holy living.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1900-12-08
AN IRISH MOUSE.
Ireland Sole Possessor OF Creature o
Geological Interest.

Ireland Sole Possessor OF Creature o
Geological Interest.
Ireland has recently discovered it.
self to be the proud possessor OF an
animal which Is exclusively Irish.
Only mouse, it Is true. but then the
smallest creatures have often the
largest geological interest. 1t appears
that on the North Bull Sandbank. in
Dublin bay. an islet about two and
a half miles long which began to ap-
pear above water during the last quar-
ter OF the eighteenth century, there
dwells In large numbers a mouse 50
much paler in color than the common
house mouse as TO be distinct vari-
ETY. with legitimate hopes OF one day
being recognized as a sub-sDecies.
These mice are the descendants 1t il
suDpoaed Of eastaways and have in
about century thus adapted their
coats in color to their sandy surround
ings for protection against the owls
and hawks which hunt over the island.
The North Bull Sandbank mice are
not all equally pale In color, and the
geological interest OF the discovery
lies in the opportunity afforded sci
ence to ascertain in how many gener-
ations a complete change Of color for
protective purposes is evolved. A long
bridge connects the sand bank with
the mainland, but as this is an open
woodwork structure is is very unlike
ly that ordinary mice will intrude 10
disturb the progress Of this natural
experiment
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1900-12-08
nrink. n tha prlnos.s Ear.

The Prince OF Wales adopted the
idea of restricting drinks at the club
for workingmen at Sandringham some
years ago, so that there is a precedent
for the Rev. j. U. N Bardsley's club
at INVERSION. When the prince opened
his INSTITUTION there is no public
house in Sankringham-he decided
that the members should be allowed
to have but one pint of beer, in order
that the laborers on the estate should
not spend too much on liquor. After
a time the prince removed the restric-
tion, but the members still observe, to
all practical purposes, the zone pint
per night rule, as they know it is the
wish of the prince that they should do
so, in spite of the fact that he had
withdrawn the rule in order to give
the men more liberty. There is also
public house at Bishopsgate, where
the drinks are restricted to one every
half hour.-London Daily News.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1900-12-08

Thieves got into baggage car on
the Santa Fe overland express last
night, says the Chicago Record, and as
the train sped through Bridgeport they
rolled off three barrels Of whisky and
made their escape. The loss was dis
covered at Joliet. Chicago detectives
who were put to work on the case
found where the barrels had been
dropped off and evidently taken away
in a wagon. 1t was concluded that the
thieves secreted themselves in the bag
gage car before the train started, but
the manner in which they themselves
got from the train could not be ex-
plained. as no stops were made after
10th street was passed.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1900-12-08

The Monongahela River Consolidat-
cd Coal and Coke company of Pitts
burg is being practically sued for ALI
mony by Mrs. Marie lutte. who some
years ago secured a decree against her
husband. He was then senior member
of the coal firm of c. lutte & Co. which
subsequently, was absorbed by the larg-
er concern. Two years ago Mr.. lutte
left this country, and now his former
wife brings suit against the coal COM
pany, alleging that this is the only
method by which she can obtain the
alimony granted in court.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1900-12-08

More than 20 per cent of the men
discharged from the service of the New
York Central Railroad company 20
years ago were dropped from the rolls
for drunkenness. Now, however, with
10000 men in the employ of the COM
pany, less than one per cent Of these
annually discharged owe the loss Of
their situations to oyer-indulgence in
liquor. These changes in conditions
are said to be largely due to the benefi-
cent influence of the railroad depart
ment of the Young Mems Christian
Association.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1900-12-08
Running with Patience.

AS a rule. the prizes OF life are not
won in moment. What Is worth most
costs the longest toll and waiting. The
Christians race is not a dash that is
finished in a few minutes. The war
fare against evil is not brief cam
paign. Eternal rewards are for those
that do not leave the course till the
end, and they are worth all the strug-
gle and endurance that must be given
for them. Strength sometimes seems
ready to fail through weariness, and
hearts grow sick through hope defer
red But new courage and patience
come with thoughts of God that has
had long patience with the world and
with us, a God in whose sight a
thousand years are as mere day, and
a Savior that bore with meekness all
the hate and scorn Of evil men. all the
dunness and lack of faith of His best
disciples.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1900-12-08
Drunkeuness Among English Women.


The British Medical Temperance Re
view confirms the statements made by
other English journals. that liquor
drinking among women is steadily on
the increase. 1t says that police stat
!stics show that wheteas about 1860
the percentage of women among all
those proceeded against for drunken
ness was twenty. in 1895 it had in
creased to thirty-seven, and in 1899 it
was thirty-four. Roughly speaking it
had increased from ] in 5 to l in 3.
The same comes out in the registrar
generals returns. which show a con-
siderable increase of deaths from alco-
holism and cirrhosis OF the liver "One
has only to keep ones eyes open in
going about the streets. especially on
Saturday nights, to be convinced that
a great and very serious change has
come over our women-folk. In days
gone by women were scarcely ever
seen in public houses except in the
most degraded districts. Nowadays
they go in, they stay drinking. and
they are to be seen drinking openly
outside. and often giving the drink to
their little children. No wonder that
a serious deterioration is taking place
in the stamina of the population
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1900-12-08

A New Years Service Monday. Dec.
"a, What of the Past? Ps. AZ: l-12;
Tuesday, Dec. 25, How swift the days!
Ps. 80; Wednesday. Dec. 26. Gods will
in time. Jas. 4:13-17; Thursday. Dec.
q. How to have a New Year, Rom. 6:
Ill; Friday, Dec. 2S. Giving days to
God, Deut. Glib; Saturday. Dec. %.
Confidence for 1901, Ps. 42: Sunday,
Dec. SO Topic-The old and new; your
purposes. Matt. 1S: 81, SO; Luke 5:
s6-39. "a New Years meeting.)
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1900-12-08

Several persons. among them Qua
ker. were crossing the Allegheny
Mountains in a stage, says Rams
Horn. A lively discussion arose on
the subject of Temperance and the
liquor business. and those engaged in
It were handled without gloves. One Of
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1900-12-08

The Prohibition party, while in form
and method necessarily partisan, is in
fact simple group Of independent
voters, who have purposed in their
hearts that they will not attempt to
cleanse society by detiling themselves,
but that they will not cease to exer-
else for its cleansing all the powers
that inure in citizenship; G.
Woolley.