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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-05-09
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BY ELIZABETH CHERRY GiLMER-
lcopyrlght 1901. by Daily Story Pub. Coz
The minister had finished his tea
az Miss persis Thoue's cottage Il
had been a most dainty and satisiae-
tory one and altogether 10 his liking
There was something that entirely
suited him in that quaint little dining
room. The presiding genius Of II al
was Miss persis herself tain aud prim
in a deep purple merlno and 4 white
apron
The minister and Sister Susie bad
been dismissed 70 the best room and
Miss persis excused herself while she
picked up the siiver-consisting Of hge
thin spoons and a butter knife. Sister
Susie was the wife of prosperous
farmer a half dozen miles away. he
had been too busy with the haying TO
come ln TO the "comp'ny tea. This
Sister Susie explained 20 the minister
as she sat up. stln and neat in her
black silk Then she hemmed and
hawed a little ere she said.
"persis asked Daniel Mannln too
but be held q wasn't proper 10 90 70
comp'ny teas when bis mother was
SO poorly
Is that the old lady over on the
other road7 asked the minister po-
iitely. "a made a cali there yesterday
hut she was asleep She is in bad
way. J believe"
She's been Ia q bad way for twenty
years. snapped Sister Susie dccisiveiy.
"or thinks she Is She's the longest
dyin' ! ever heered Or Mr. Bell"
The minister looked at her IN mild
reproach II don't 'spose ia feel 80
hard II ID wasn't 50 bad for Persis
here Some one else % tell you II
don't. she went on. ITS better for
ones minister TO understand things
from the family persls has been en-
gagged 10 Dan'el for twenty-one years.
His mother made i'm promise be
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-05-09
HAvE a RooM ZOE susINess.
Women wan. Home once for Their
Household Matters.


Women who have taken to house,
keeping seriously have lately adopted
a new method OF showing how busi-
ness-like they are The home Office
Is the latest novelty in household ar
rangements, and the woman whose
house hapens TO possess a room adapt
ed for that purpose regards herself as
fortunate Otherwise she takes the
necessary steps to see that some part
of her house is made suitable for that
purpose The room need not be large
and It is chiefly Important that it look
business-like and not too feminine.
into this room goes her desk. which
must be exactly the kind used in
regular Office and accompanied with
appropriate Office furniture. Ii s here
that she keeps her books. the accounts
Of the household expenditures and
hirher come the cook and other SER
wants to take their orders. Here let
ters pertaining to the business OF run
ming the household are written. and
an that could by a liberal interpreta-
tion Of the word be accounted house
hold business IS done. Rooms Of this
kind have become more and more
popular during the past few years, and
their number has now increased un-
I'll architects Of new houses arrange in
the plan for such an apartment. TO be
used exclusively by what the pedlers
call the lady Of the house" to look
after her daily affairs OF course the
transaction Of social duties. such as
sending and receiving invitations. can
not rightfully be carried on in this
sacred apartment. as this is not busi-
nesslike enough for the room conse-
Grated wholly to the commissary end
OF the household.-New York Sun.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-05-09

When the month is In her genial mood
ana ieafy smells are in the wood.
ln sunny nook, by bank or brook.
Behold this lovely sisterho0d.
4 spirit sleeping in the mold.
Aho tucked about by LEAKAGE old.
opens an eye blue as the sky,
NOT deems that she Is oyerbold.
Before leaf Is on the tree,
beiore ! see the bumblebee,
she hears voice, Arise rejoice.
And In furry Vestments greeteth me-
Before the Oyen-bird has sung.
Or thrush or chewink found a tongue.
She ventures out and looks about,
And orce again the world Is young.
Sometimes she stands in white array.
Sometimes as pink as dawning day,
Or every shade Of azure made,
And OFT with breath as sweet as May.
Sometimes she bideth all alone.
And lifts her cup beside a stone.
A child at play along the way.
When all her happy mates have flown.
Again In bands she beams around.
And brightens an the Uttered ground.
And holds The gaze In leahess ways
A concert sweet without a sound
Like robins song or bluebirds wing.
Or thrOats that make the marshes ring
Her beaming face and winsOme grace
Are greetings from the heart Of spring
Youths Companion
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-05-09

Cleveland has a home gardening as
sociation which encourages children to
cultivate flowers at home. Last spring
the association distributed TO children
$4,000 penny packages Of flower seeds.
accompanied with printed instructions
how to prepare the soil. plant and wa
ter. The teachers supplemented these
instructions by talks In the fan ex-
hibitions we're held in many schools.
which revealed the fact that about 75
per cent Of the efforts Or the children
were successful.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-05-09

Persis turned on him her graVest
look II feel sorry for YOU, Daniel "
she said. "but other things are dead
too am going home with Susie. and
the minister has rented the cottage
wish you well bat do not come to
see me"
But. Persis. he began.
"Hesh up" said Henry Huggins.
you've got yer dead to bury an no
time to be woIryin' roun here. You're
twenty years too late an I'm mighty
glad Persis has broken the rusty chain
an can be herself Go long now.
Persis is free"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-05-09

snn the Natives Manage to PUN Along
All Right

snn the Natives Manage TO PUN Along
All Right
Il suppose things are pretty Wild out
your way2 he queried OF the man who
had admitted that he was from Mon
tana
We'll yes you might call them
Wild. was the reply
And every day brings It's thrilling
adventure"
fOne has an adventure now and
then, Of course. as might be expected ."
Anything thrilling happened to you
Of late2" persisted the questioner
Why J don't know that you'd call
it thrilling exactly ! sat In my library
a few evenings ago reading. while my
wife was playing on the piano in the
parlor and my little daughter was in
the conservatory gathering hot-house
roses All at once heard crash"
"lnjuns attacking the house. by
George. interrupted the other.
II heard a crash from the grand
salon. and, carefully laying aside my
book and walking in there with Ian
guild step. found"
"A grizzly bear Of coursei"
u found that one Of my three old
masters Of Ruhens had fallen down
and knocked the nose on a piece of
statuary that cost me $1,000 in Flor
ence.
And there were no lnjuns2r
mo"
And no grizzly2r
No
Not even rattlesnakeg'
no. II was simply the fan OF a pic
ture and a broken nose. I called in the
butler. the footman and the housemaid,
and the debris was soon cleared
away.
And yOu-you-' stammered the
man who had been waiting to thrill.
Nothing more. except that a carload
Of tapestries and foreign bric-a-brac
arrived an hour later. and a few
friends came IN to sample some French
wine at s. a bottle. Yes. things are
pretty wild out our way, but we man
age 10 pull along somehow. Utica
Globe
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-05-09

devotee Of the bicycle started
southwark on his wheel at the begin
ming OF winter Several weeks after
ward he reached Florida. none the
worse for his journey. DO you mean
to tell me. exclaimed the friend whom
he had gone to visit. that You made
the entire distance by wheel2" Ger
tainly." he replied When I couldn't
ride the machine 7 got on and walked
by IT, Tho reader viii perceive that
there is more than one way to travel
by wheel. Youths Companion.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-05-09

Boston Horsewomen 20 Ride Astrlde
Several ladies Of the mos; exclusive
society Of Boston win in the near fu-
ture. If their present determination
holds good, appear in public in a man
ner that cannot fail to cause wide
spread comment and give rise to much
dissenslon. favorable and otherwise. It
Is the intention Of the ladies to appear
at the horse show and give a demon
stration Of what has become consider
able Of a lad IN the riding schools OF
the city by riding their mounts astride
The reason for adopting this new
method Of riding are said to be because
women are thus able to reduce consid-
cradle adipose tissue. the figure and
bearing are improved and a feeling u
greater security is experienced. Utica
Globe
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-05-09

but to intrust the tenoer secret to
those fowery messengers-at three
dollars a dozen Oh, mott was quite
plain that Croesus was her Flora. and
the note of thanks was speedily dis
patched to him.
In the furry Of the stock exchange
croesus lost a promising batch Of Erie
BY lingering over that scented bit Of
French stationery.
But Croesus could afford to lose the
Erie, seeing be played for a dearer
stake, and seemed to be winning, too.
Flowers" "thanks?" what does
she mean? Well. 1t seems that I am
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-05-09

St. Paul and Minneapolis. it is said.
have the lowest death rate Of any cit
les in the United States St. Paul
with a population Of 163 So. has a
with population oI 202.7lS. has
death rate Of l1.0s per thousand IL
habitanls.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-05-09

Berlin has an association Of physi-
clans who pay a sum equal to per
cent Of their income tax every year
into the treasury. This yields about
$4,000 year, which IS given to those
members and their families who need
help.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-05-09


Of Daniel Manning rose before the
minister's mental vision.
Sister Susie dashed into the aues-
tion ia hand with an undaunted de-
termination
Brother Bells debatin' on whether
you hadn't better come out 10 our
house for a spell"
Miss Persis. startled. glanced invol-
untarlly al her pastor. Their ewes
met without warning Both blushed
and looked at Sister Susie helplessly
4 don't like % give up my home /"
faitered Miss Perais, not even Tor a
time"
And have Daniel running here six
days in the wtek2 Il won't 40. Per-
Sis"
No. q Will hardly do. echoed the
minister
IT means great deal" she said
very gently. III means a great deal
Daniel is set against my breaking-un.
he says he won't have Il"
Then he must at once get married.
Such authority Is that Of a husband
alone.
The tears were running down Sister
susie's face
20 Brother Bell she said brokerly,
that's the way TO talk 20 her Persis
Is such a good. patient girl.
Il didn't mean to be anything but
faithful" gasped the figure in the
purple merino. "lts So long"
Too long said the minister gently
and with a strange huskiness IN his
voice 'you are not the one TO blame,
perhaps You we're willing to marry
him long since
~ was hts mother sighed Persis.
he had to consider his mother
al sacrifice OF your life. +" said the
minister Then he stood up and came
over to the table but. my sisters. we
viii pray tor guidance"
As they arose from their knees the
younger woman stumbled toward her
sister and fell on her shoulder
Take me hcpe. Susie. take me
home
The second morning after this Dan
lel Manning drove over the white aud
dusty roads towards Curnee. A half
mile this side was the white cottage
Of Miss Persis Thorne There was a
large farm wagon in front OF the house
door and two men were carrying out
furniture. boxes and a trunk One OF
these was Henry Huggins. Persis
hrother-in-law. a man he detested.
Where's Persist" said Daniel IN the
same tone he used to his farm hands
Henry lifted a little red rocker into
the wagon that Daniel knew very well
as Persis' especial favorite. Then. he
stopped and looked at Daniel
shes ilvin' with us now"
But I want persis to go over % the
house. Mothers iead-died last
night
The iorid face Of the farmer grew
redder lie planted his feet firmly and
looked at Daniel.
Wen, Persis amt a-goin' so
therei"
I'm goin' straight oyes after er We
kin be married nov"
"When?"
latter the funeral--an' mother
did want me to wait a year.
Henry gave him look Of the ut
most contempt
1T never will be il me and Susie
has our way" he said. an ye shall
never darken my door
I'm see Persis."
~Nebbe-mebbe not she's a free
agent"
Daniel climbed into his buggy and
gathered up the reins. Pm going
straight out to your house" ne cried.
but the words died on his lips. Persls
and her sister appeared on the door
steps He jumped down and ran to
tae women. Habit made him harsh
IN speech.
What's this foolishness. persis9n he
cried. Mothers dead-died last night
Everything viii be All right"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-05-09

He deserved a kind. a very kind note
Of thanks after the way she had snub-
bed him at the opera last night No
doubt he sent the roses to convince
her that he did not cherish malice.
Before the note Of thanks was writ
ten, Che similarity in the initials oc-
CURED to her-could It be possible
and a warm glow sufused her cheek
no. it could not. He whom she vague
" wished might prove the right one
had not time nor money for such
methods Of w0oing He might have
stolen away from those musty law
books 70 tell her 0hal sAe wac to him.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1901-03-15
H A W A||'S
LANDS.
Especial Correspondence }

| WASHINGTON. d. c., Feb. lS,-
Commissioner of Public Lands Her
mann has completed and sent to the
Secretary of the Interior his report up
on the Sullivan bill extending to the
Hawaiian Islands the land laws of the
/ United States The report Is as outlin-
ed in this correspondence last week.
! The bill is not recommended for pas
sage and instead the Commissioner rec
ommends that a commission be sent to
study the land question before action.
The report. while long and complicat-
ed. in that it takes up subjects which
will not for some time come into con
Sideratton, is very clear upon the queS-
tons OF most Importance to the Islands,
That is, to be nothing done unless
there is full investigation ny "A commits
sion or by the department
The matter is left in this shape for
the purpose of seeing what Congress
will do in the premises The plan
which meets with most favor on the
part OF the members of the upper
House is the sending of joint commits
sion to spy out the land. This would
mean that there should be sent tor
ward perhaps five persons, two from
official of the lands department. This
would bring together a mass of talent
which would mean that the question
would be thoroughly investigated and
when any report was made that there
would be nothing left uncovered.
Should such II commission be sent
there would be as chairman perhaps
the present chairman OF the lands com
mittee Of the Senate Senator Hans
brough of North Dakota. Congressman
Lacey of Iowa, chairman Of the lands
committee of the House and without
doubt two members of the committees
of insulHr affairs, which win also inn
ply that there are other points ON
which information might be gathered
as We'll as the land questions There
viii be nothing definite done for sew
rrnl days, as the committee Of the
senate viii not meet this week
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1901-03-15
ROOSEVELT'S
FIRST WORDS

WASHINGTON, March l2:y5 D. M
N- .Roos.v.I, has ,ust h...u sworn in
-. -,
ms "uuf'sS io'io"s'
The history of free. government Is in
large part the history of those, represent
atiye legisiatiy. bodies, in which. from
the earliest times. Tree. government has
found its loftiest expression. They must
ever hold a peculiar and exalted position
in the record which tells how the great
nations of the world hav,, endeavUred to
achieve and preserve orderly freedom
No man can render to his fellows great
er service than is rendered by him who.
with fearl.ssness and honesty with
sanity and disinterest.dness does his
life work as a member of such a body.
tcspeciauy is this the case when the Log
islature i'm which the service is render
ed is "A vital part in the governmental
machinery Of one of these world powers
to whose hands in the course of the
ages. is entrusted a leading part in shan
inc IN. destinies nf mnnkind For wal
or for woe. for good or for evil this is
true of orr own mighty nation Great
privileges and great nowers ar. ours
and heavy AR. the resnonsibiIities that
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1901-03-15
FAMOUS JUMEL MANSION.
1t Win Become One of the Show
Places of Greater New York.

/ NEW YORK, March THE Jumel
mansion and grounds in Harlem which
We're occupied by General Washington
as headquarters will come into the pos
session of the city as a public show
place of revolutionary relics through
the action of the Board of Public I'm
provements. Walter S. Logan appeared
before the board as the representative
of the Sons of the Revolution and NJ,
A, Hall appeared as the representative
OF the Society of Historical Places of In
terest
The mansion was built in 1850 by
Roger Morris. a colonel I'm the British
army General Washington used the
mansion as headquarters during the
summer OF I'M stephen Jumel bought
the property in 1900 and his widow,
Nine, Jumel, who married Aaron Burr,
occupied the property at the time of
her death in 1865. The house ia In a
fair state OF preservation. The cost OF
the property to the city will be- 5000 900
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1901-03-15
THE WAR CRISIS
IN FAR EAST
The Different PHASES of the
Acute Chinese
Question.

VANCOUVER, b. c., March Elm
has annulled the recantatlon pledged
of native converts. In the province
are 20 900 Roman Catholic converts and
$1,000 Protestant natives. Last July
proclamatiOns were issued throughout
Shan Tung calling upon all Christians
to recant. Governor Yuan has also
issued a proclamation warning natives
against molesting missionaries or con
verts.
The Times publishes story of
band of mounted Manchurian robbers
surrounding a foraging party of the
JOdhpOre LancerS and some Japanese
infantry near Shan Hai-kwan. One
trooper escaped and brought reinforce
mentS, which arrived Just in time. In
one house three men had been hemmed
in, one shot dead, the house being af
terward fired. and the two remaining
troopers all but suffocated. Further on.
three troopers were found defending
three wounded Indian coolies with only
two or three cartridges remaining.
Five Japanese infantrymen and seven
ManChurian bandits were killed, the
rest escaping into a large village from
which a hot fire was opened. The next
day force of 100 cavalry and 400 in
fantry moved on the village, but it
was found to be deserted.
With the increasing severity of the
weather the distress caused by the
famine in Shensi increases. over 1O0,-
900 people are now said to be In danger
of perishng from cold and hunger: The
stations established by the governor of
the province for the free distribution
of rice are inadequate, and supplies in
tended for the relief of the starving are
said to have been stolen by dishonest
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1901-03-15
LAND AGENT
BROWN RETURNS

Land Agent Brown returned yester-
day In time to answer the queries Of
the House as to his whereabouts. lie
could not be found by our reporters
The following reference 10 him Is in
cluded In the Advertisers budget ni
Washington correspondence from Mi
Boyd
Land Agent J +. Brown, who has
h1ea In the city for some time, prepared
10 take part In any action which mlsh'
arise ln the matter of the public lanls
OF tho Islands has departed ana NH
soon sail Tor home lie Is nov win
Mrs. Brown in Massachusetts ana eA-
pepls 10 leave san Francisco ~ the
steamship sierra, which sails from che
Coast about Nareh d ste brown while
mere met many men Who are much iur
lrr,sud ln the nfur of fhe Islands ana
d. Eakn gfsat deal ~ Information
about land questions AMI Ha p'aHtl ln
the bands N those Mhp Nili aHt finally
Macs ~ material on NhIHh IhtB Waa
NpTk lle r. ~ lha opinion thHi lIHHH
Nill ~ HaihnH done Until ihaF hAa
hesn HammiaHlaH cent iH He laiaHas
Nlifh Nll So together an iHe Hfaf
msfAH possible ana - fata ihe Naf
~ lnlelllHenl asllnn ~ faHfffas
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1901-03-15
LIKE HOUNDS
ON THE TRAIL

ST. LOUIS, March IA special to
the Post-Dispatch from Corsicana,
Tex, says:
AT the head of a mob of 200 citizens
suing the negro who assaulted his wife
and cut her throat last night.
Not word has the stricken man
spoken since he learned from the lips
OF his little child the story of the awful
crime. The capture of the fugitive is
but a matter of time. FOR the blood
hounds that are being used took up the
trail promptly Nothing can save the
pursued man If captured.
The crime was committed early last
night while Mr.. Younger was away
from his home and at work in field
near by. There was no one to tell the
tale save little 3-year-old child.
"A big negro knocked mamma down
and dragged her away" the child told
its father when he returned from
work.
Frantic with grief, Younger began a
search and found the body of his wife
in the bushes near the house Her
throat had been cut and there was evil
dence OF a terrible struggle between
the woman and the negro. The alarm
was given at once and fully 200 men,
all we'll armed, started In pursit of the
murderer. All night the men followed
the baying bloodhounds and today they
believe they are near to their quarry.
The Youngers are among the most
highly respected people in this county.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1901-03-15

treaty. determine the "civil rights and
political status OF the native inhabit-
ants"
The Congress having added the sane
tion of its authority to the rowers al
ready passed and exercised by the Exec
utive under the Constitution, thereby
leaving with the Executive the RESPONSE
bility for the Government OF the Philip
pines | shall continue the efforts already
taken until order shall be restored
throughout the islands, and as fast as
conditions permit will establish local
governments, In the formation Of which
the full cooperation OF the people has
been already invited and when establish
ed will encourage the people to admin
lister them.
The settled purpose long ago prevailed
to afford the inhabitants of the Islands
self-government as fast as they are rea-
dy for IT, will be pursued with earn
estness and fidelity. Already something
has been accomplished in this direction.
The government representatives. civil
anu military, are doing faithful and
noble work in their mission OF emancipa-
ton and merit the approval and support
OF their countrymen. The most liberal
terms OF amnesty have already been
communicated to the insurgents. and
the way is still open for those who have
raised their arms against the Govern
ment for honorable submission to it's au-
thirty. Our countrymen should not be
deceived.
We are not waging war against the
inhabitants of the Philippine Islands.
portion of them are making war
against the United States. By far the
greater part Of the inhabitants recognize
American sovereignty and welcome II as
a guaranty OF order and OF security for
life. property, liberty, freedom of con-
science and the pursuit of happiness To
them full protection will be given. They
shall not be abandoned. We will not
leave the destiny of the loyal millions in
the islands to the disloyal thousands
who are in rebellion against the United
states. Order under civil institutions
will come as soon those who now
break the peace shall keep 1t. Force
will not be needed or used when those
who make war against us shall make It
no more. May 1t end without further
and there be ushered in the
reign OF peace to be made permanently
a government of liberty under the law.