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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-04-09

Fricasseed agus-C0ok bunch
OF asparagus luse canned II fresh can
not be obtainedl. drain, cut OF the ten
der portions and chop with a young let
tuce. half a head Of endive. and a small
onion. Put butter the size of an egg fn
a small stewpan. add a dessertspoonful
OF -four and half a pint Of any good
stock. then the chopped vegetables.
ana when al is hot. serve alone or on
slices Of toast.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-04-09

He-Did Miss Flyrt receive many
proposals last season az Rye Beach,
She Many7 why. receiving pro-
posais got to be a habit With her. III
a very short tine she couldn't hear a
soda water bottle pop without exciaim-
ing: This is 50 sgdaen."-To naie.
The Banner-Democrat., 1901-01-05

at every place and was honored fa,
beyond my deserving. NY wife hascnt
got me back in the traces yet. Near
Bishopville found an old time friend,
Mrs. Reid. the sister of my schooImates
Ned Goulding and John, and of Frank
Goulding, who wrote the "Young Ma
rooners." She is now eighty-niue
years old and came nimbly down the
steps to meet me. Her husband
preached in Mt. Zion church, near by,
for forty-four years and is buried in
the Mt. Zion graveyard, where that
eminent missionary divine, Leighton
Wilson, is buried. The tears glistened
in the dear old lady's eyes as we talked
OF her horored father, DR.. Goulding,
and the old people of Columbus, who
had passed over the river.
And Rock Hill was another revela.
tion. It is beautiful little city of
5000 people and four large cotton
mills and the largest buggy factory in
the south. 1t turns out 10, 900 year,
all kinds and prices, from darkey's
cheap vehicle for $50, to rubber tire
for $3.50.
And then the college girls. Oh, my
country. Four hundred full grown
girls in uniform. and they looked SO
happy, and healthy, and loving that I
found myself humming, "Oh, would I
were boy again." It made me feel
sad to reflect that all these girls were
born to be mated as we'll ss married.
but some would be neither, and alas,
some would be married but not mated,
BILL ARP in Atlanta Constitution.
The Banner-Democrat., 1901-01-05
THE hAPpv TIME.

The man who cannot rest to-day, .
But says he will tomorrow,
Finds, when his work Is cleared ava.
New tasks or sits in sorrow-s
The merry time, the happy time,
The blissful day In view
Is never gained by them that wait
To triumph and to celebrate
With nothing more to do.
The man who folds his hands to-day
And contemplates with sorrow
The pressing task that's put away
Unfinished till tomorrow
Has neither rest Of heart nor mind,
For he that looks ahead
To duties long delayed destroys
The sweetest of sweet leisure's joys
But borrows doubt and dread.
The man who mixes work and play
At present and tomorrow
Keeps life's poor little ills away
And finds few cares to borrow;
The merry time, the happy time,
The blissful day in view
Is every day for him whose hand
Is tuned each day to fair deeds, and
Who plays in reason, too.
IS. e. Kiser In the Chicago Times
Herald.
The Banner-Democrat., 1901-01-05

The saloon is the devils bank.
Whisky is deadly thing to the Indians
idly.
In 1893 there were l77,00O drink shops
in Belgium, or one for every thirty-fve in
habitants.
Judas sold his Master for silver, the
State sells the well-being of thousands oi
its citizens for paltry license fee.
Joaquin Miller, the poet, who has spent
some time in Alaska, says: ITO use intoxr
icants in Alaska is fatal. No one can use
stimulants without serious results"
The ordinary beer glass is regulated BY
law. in Bavaria, and must hold exactly
half liter, or nearly nine-tenths Of .
pint.
Sandusky, Ohio, Is enforcing q Sunday
closing ordinance. The Mayor and police
are stopping street cars, milk wagons and
all labor generally.
The Grand Lodges having the largest
number of Juvenile Templars are: Eng
land, 52,735; Scotland, 50, 1872; Sweden.
Il, ,264: Norway, 8,335; Wales (English),
6264; Maine, ATS.
During the American occupation in the
Philippines some 10000 American soldiers
have. been IN the hospitals, 1900 caused
BY drink, OF the eleven suicides among
the scl4tsss, .dps3dg .lAst year nine wer9
eatstd directly by dsink, a.s
The Banner-Democrat., 1901-01-05

Some new fear seemed to possess
them. They whirled about repeatedly.
to guard against surprises. They flung
themselves upon the snow, and lashed
their tails excitedly.
l understood that some one-Curtis
or Pete, dOubtless-had been shooting
Mt them. Perhaps for the first time
they had heard the thunder of a gun
and the kissing whine of bullets.
Then a rifle cracked again, this time
close at hand, and l saw the cougar
dam fatten out upon the snow with a
bullet through her brain. The cub
bounced about wildly, splitting and his
sing, until two or three more shots
were fired, when it, too, dropped In its
tracks, dead. Looking In the direction.
of the firing, I saw our Indian, Pete,
searching for . way to descend the
ledge.
While Pete was hunting for path,
the blind lion ran out of his lair, which
he must have considered unsafe
against the new foe. The beast showed
intense excitement. He stopped over
the bodies Of his dead mate and cub
and shifted at them in apparent great
anxiety. Then his tail drooped and his
hair shrank upon his skin. A great
fear seized him. Suddenly he uttered
strange, whining lament, sprang to-
ward the canon cleft and leaped into
its abyss.
Was 1t a case of suicide7 1t has al
ways seemed so to me, and yet, In his
sudden sense of loss. in his great fear
and excitement, the creature may have
had no other aim than mad fight, and
may have gone to his death quite by
accident.
was as much overjoyed as Pete was
astonished at our meeting. Before
noon the Indian had hung up deer on
the ridge, and when he returned to
get the meat he found three lions had
torn down the carcass. He fired and
missed, and as the lions ran he had
followed, shooting at them as long as
they were In sight.
By making a strenuous effort |
found that l could stand on my feet,
)ut was not released from my shelf |
Until the Indian procured an axe and |
,ridged the gulch with poles.-Youth's
COMPANION.
The Banner-Democrat., 1901-01-05
SHEDS HIS SKIN.
A Msn Who Has This Peculiarly Of q
Snake.

A man who sheds his skin in its en-
tirety once year, and who has done
so regularly for the last forty-three
years, Is one Of the curiosities that
Butte, Mont, boasts of. The mani.
NJ. Price, fairly well educated miner
| is at the present time engaged In the
curious pastime of skinning himself.
The methods that he adopts is to first
skin his hands and face and then strip
it in an immense sheet from his body.
The process of skinning his hands
and face was completed August 6, and
| 1t came from the face like a mask.
The skin from the hands resembled a
pair Of gloves and was exhibited on the
streets. The toughness is something
remarkable, and two men tried with
might and main to tear it. They were
not successful, although the skin is not
thicker than the leather of a mans
street glove. Price talks freely about
the matter, although he is rather ten
der about any publication in the news
papers. Many physicians have ex-
amined him during period of the skin
ming, but not one has been able to
solve the problem. In speaking Of the
matter, Mr.. Price said:
my mother told me that she first
noticed the trouble when I was about
six months old, and regularly every
year since then l have shed my skin.
1t is a phenomenon that no physician
has yet satisfactorily explained, al
though hundreds have made examina-
tions and investigations. The fact is,
that l shed my skin, and that is all
there is to it. Regularly on the twenty
fourth day Of July of each year feel
the premonitOry symptoms, and on
very few occasions has 1t missed the
oath Of that month. The first thing I
feel Is nausea, and then / know that
am in for 1t. The skin becomes per
fectly dead, and the perspiration that
should come through forms In blisters
under 1t, and the whole thing becomes
loose. 1 generally cut a circle around
my wrists, and with the aid of q lead
pencil strip it off whole for the purpose
of preserving it in the shape of
glove. I take 1t off from nv face in
the same manner, but am compelled
to remove it from my hair like dan
druff. took long walk this morning
for the purpose of getting up q per-
spiration, and, as you see, my whole
body Is blistered. 1 will strip II off
to-day or tomorrow. 1t comes off
In great strips, as you can see by this
photograph, which was taken last year.
There Is no particular pain accompany
ing the operation. although the new
skin is very soft and tender during the
first week or ten days. l have TO Law
off for about two weeks each year to
attend to 1t. My children do not in
herit the disease from me. There ia
one of them, and she is nine years of
age, and there has been nothing of the
kind ever noticed with her. Several
years ago was in San Francisco when
shed my skin, and the doctors there
preserved it in its entirety and then
stuffed it. I am q miner, but my work
n the mines does not affect my condi-
ion in any way that can see. NV
general health is good, even if I do
nave skin to throw at the birds.-Cbi-
,ago Inter Ocean.
The Banner-Democrat., 1901-01-05
I" Gall Of the Earth"

The faculty of the Chattanooga
Medical College is now making ex-
periments with the weed known as
Gall of the Earth" with which a
mountaineer recently cured himself of
a mad dog bite, and by which he cured
others suffering from snake bites. II
is sometimes known as the rattle
snakes MASTER" The weed is now
being transplanted for cultivation and
experiment. 1t bears a small white
flower. The Horticultural Department
of Clemson College, Charleston, s. c.,
is also experimenting with it.
The Banner-Democrat., 1901-01-05
State Government Of Louisiana.

Governor-w. W. Heard.
Lieutenant Governor-Albert Esto'
pinal.
Secretary OF State,-John Michol.
Superintendent Of Eduoation--Johu
v. Calhoun.
Auditor-W. 8. Frazee.
Treasurer-Ledoux Z. Smith.
u. 8. SENATOR'S.
Don Cafferey and s. d. McEnery.
REPRESENTATIVES.
DistYict-R. Q. Davey.
2 District-Adolph Meyer.
5 District-R. F. Broussard.
4 District-P. Brazeale.
3 District. Il. Ransdell.
6 Distvict-S. NJ. Robinson.
The Banner-Democrat., 1901-01-05
A Stran ger to Its Author

A certain German professor of mus
ic to be met with in English drawing
rooms is an entertaing old gentleman
To him, recently, a lady said, wher
one of his compositions has just beer
rendered by one Of the guests:
"How do you like the rendering OF
your song, professor?"
"Vos dot my songT replied the pro.
fessor. II did not know Tit
Bits.
The Banner-Democrat., 1901-01-05
Had Il Down to Pertection.

Harry-"When / asked her II she
would be mine, she fell on my breast
and sobbed like child, but finally she
put her arms around my neck and
whispered that she was SO happy"
Harriett-"Yes, that is what she told
me she was going to do; she has been
practicing it with Cousin Tom for ever
and ever SO long.-Boston Evening
Transcript.
The Banner-Democrat., 1901-01-05
A Nslghborly Criticism.

McJigger-He's very poor, isn't nc? ?
Thingumbob-Not at all. You haven't
seen him lately, have you?
McJigger-No, but know he doesn't
make any more money now than when
l saw him year ago, and 1t was as
much as he could do to live within his
income then.
Thingumbob-Ah! but he's living BE-
yond 1t now.-Philadelphia Press.
The Banner-Democrat., 1901-01-05
What She Loxad to Do.

A little schoolgirl was told by her
teacher to write the word "ferment''
ON her slate, tgether with the de-
finition and a sentence in which the
word was to be used. The following is
the result.
"Ferment is a word signifying to
work. I like to do all kinds of fancy
ferment."
The Banner-Democrat., 1901-01-05
Wouldn't Do.

School Manager Ito master)-Ws
were thinkin' o. putin up a nice mot
to over your desk to encourage the
children. What do you say? How
would knowledge is Wealth" do?
Schoolmaster-That wouldn't do at
all. The children know how small my
salary is.
The Banner-Democrat., 1901-01-05

I'm completely tagged outp' ex
claimed the man with the thin face.
'Why, you were telling me only yes
terday how little work you were ex-
pected to do"
Il know. But worry kills quick
er than work. 1t keeps me bothered
nearly to death thinking up schemes
to make myself look busy."-Washing
ton Star,
The Banner-Democrat., 1901-01-05
Not important II True.

Muriel-Your brother proposed to ml
during the service in church last Sun
day.
Zoe-You mustn't mind him. He Of
ten talks in his sleep.JThe Smart Set
The Banner-Democrat., 1901-01-05
Smelling the Only Child.

"They are just running that boy Of
mine at the kindergarten" said the
worried father.
What is the matterT asked the
friend, glad to hear one jarring note
in the usual song of praise about ''the
boy"
HE calls his chums william and
Henry instead Of BIZ and Hank
woulde't that jar youf'-Iaa!aHspolIs
Press,
The Banner-Democrat., 1901-01-05

Dr.. Braubacher has made a series Of
Investigations. which showed that
Ta.5 per cent, Of dyspspt'cs examined
had uassund tseth,
The Banner-Democrat., 1901-01-05
Strange Happenings.

Billy-You say l was born In Lon
don, papa, but where was mother
born?
Father-In Liverpool.
Billy-And where were you born,
papa?
Father-In Glasgow.
Billy-It's very strange, papa. that
we three should have met.-Pick- Me-
Up.
The Banner-Democrat., 1901-01-05
Fine RaIment.

Inc NaIm6nt.
do you think that fine clothes help
to make man success in the
world?"
"Yes," answered the merchant with
out hesitation, 'if you know what to
do with them"
You mean that a man must wear
them properly"
Eyes. But it is still better to 60 In
to business and sell 'em."-Washing-
ton Star.
The Banner-Democrat., 1901-01-05
Said the Clock to the calendar.

"What's the matter with that man p
asked the clock. "He doesn't seem to
have anything to do but wind me up."
NO" replied the calendar, "he isn't
working. He and his companions
struck some time ago."
Huh! Suppose l should stop work
ing every time struck"
That's so, but l notice 1t freshens
ME up every time he takes month
f."-Philadelphia Press.
The Banner-Democrat., 1901-01-05
Double Daily Trains
Fast Time
Close Connections.

Through Pullman Palace 6leepers
between New Orleans aud Memphis,
Kansas City, st. Louis and Chicago
without change. making direct eonneo
Mons with nrst-elass lines to al points
The great steel bridge spanning tbs
Ohio river q Cairo completed, and al
trains freight and pssssnger) now run.
oing regularly over IL. TINS avoiding the
delays and annoyance incident TO trsns
Ter by ferry boat
A. Il. HANSON. Con. T Agt.,
Chicago.
yus. 4 scoss. y. ,. A.. N~aphiA
The Banner-Democrat., 1901-01-05
lCopYright lgnl 1

~ realms with MS children, who had been
s'ain? Why did they not talk tn him
future world of things we do not under
stand in this worldg Why did they not
SO to the apothecary and buy Q poultice
that would have soothed the carbunc;es,
or some quieting potion that would calm
his nerves. or few drops of febribuee
that would cool his heated frame: MOI
For seven days and seven nights they did
nothing and said nothing for his relief
They must have almost bored him to
death.
After these three friends had completed
their infamous silence of week they be-
gan to lecture job. First Eliphaz the
Temanite opens with long story about
a dream which he had in the night and ir-
rltates the sufferer with words that make
things worse instead of better. and sets
him in an attitude Of defense against the
lecturer. Then comes Bildad the Shuhite,
who gives the invalid round scolding and
calls him garrulous and practically tells
him that he deserved all that he had got
and that if ne had behaved himself Alright
he would not have lost his house or his
children or his estate. He practically
said: Job, l will tell you what is the
matter with You. You are bad. You are
hypocrite. You are now getting paid for
your wickedness." No wonder that there
came from job an outburst of indigna.
ton, which calls out the other quondam
friend. Zophar the Naamathite, Who be-
gins denouncinR Job by calling him liar
and keeps on the discourse until lob re-
spends to all three of them in the sar-
castle words, mo doubt but We are the
people, and wisdom eball die with you."
Oh, what friends Job had! Heaven
deliver rs from having one such friend,
TO say nothing of having three of them.
II was for such friends chat Job prayed.
and was it not religious triumph for
Of You. be in a yery very derout mood and
capable Of making intercession for people
who had come to you in day of trouble
and said; Good for you. You ought to
b. chastised. You are being taken IN
Asad by sternAi Justice. II you bad be.
hayed yeussslt Alright. you would not
hAve beea sldk " pstsseussd @ lmpoyeFs
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-10-19
DRAMATIC PERFORMANCE,

ThibodauX. - The Mildred Lee
Chapter of the Daughters of the Con-
federaoy held its first meeting since
adjournment for the summer at the
opera house Thursday evening. The
meeting was presided over by Miss
Mamie Walshe, who has but recently
returned from trip to Washington,
New York and the Pan-Amerioan ex-
position. The proposition of present.
Ing dramatic performance by the
members Of the chapter at On early
date was discussed by the Daughters,
and it was decided to give the per-
formanos. With that end in view,
the president appointed committee
to select some suitable drama for the
performance. There will be another
meeting of the chapter soon, at which
time the arrangements will be per.
fected.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-10-19
NEWS OF OUR HOME STATE
The Cream Of Late Specials Of Our Own State Cleaned by
Correspondents

the work of installing the new sys-
TEN will at once begin. As soon as o
permit is secured in New Orleans,
that city also will be equipped with
the new System.
A contract was given out last week
by the police jury to L. T. Noyes,
agent for the Diebold Safe and Lock
Company, for the erection of a new
Jail, to be erected, completed and de-
livered to the parish by Feb. /, 1909,
for a consideration of $4,000, Of
which 81, $50 will be paid when the
building will have been completed,
and like amount to be paid Feb. /,
1908, 1904 and 1905, with interest at 6
per cent per annum, beginning at the
time Of the acceptance by the police
jury OF the building. The contem-
plated new Jail will be counterpart
OF that built by the Diebold company
at Franklin, Ls., and will be a most
modern jailhouse. The site selected
for tho erection of same is on the
ground directly back of the court
house and between that building and
the Bayou Teche. The new Jail is
quite necessity, as even the grand
jury in their recent report con-
demned the present jail as being in
sanitary and unsafe FOR the custody
Of prisoners.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-10-19
NEW IBERIA NEWS.

New Iberia, Among the property
transfers at the court house this week
is that of the Louisiana and Texas
Long Distance Telephone Company Of
America, Of Washington, D. O., for q
consideration OF s85, 900 cash. The
new company is at present trying to
secure permit from the city of New
Orleans. The management remains
the same-that is R. F. Hogsett has
been made manager for everything
outside of New Orleans. A good deal
of work has already been done to.
ward getting things in shape for the
new company, and the materials for
wiring Franklin has already been or.
1ered, and will be here shortly, whom
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-10-19
COTTON MOVING FREELY.

Homer. The weather has been very
Try for the past month, and farmers
have had excellent opportunities for
gathering cotton, which they have
not neglected to improve. Cotton Is
coming in now very rapidly, cons!d-
erably more than 1900 bales having
been received here already, and this
month the receipts will be very large.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-10-19
CRESCENT CITY NOTES.

DR.. NJ. Y. Richard. coroner for the
parish of Orleans, completed his first
annual report, to be submitted to the
proper authorities.
1t is announced that the annual
meeting of tho Parish Superintend
ents of Education of Louisiana will
be held Oct. %, "a, and rs.
Fred G. Wiendahl fell from an oak
tree on the Wiendahl plantation and
broke his neck.
The jury in Araby Remy case failed
to agree and mistrial was entered.
Gov. Heard conferred with local
educators at the st. Charles Hotel
with reference to the books used In
New Orleans schools, and said to be
not listed by the state Board. The
matter was postponed for one week.
City Engineer Hardee, who is to
devote all his time to preparing the
specifications for the proposed mu
ngcipal lighting plant, has asked the
appointment of Wright Smith as tenn.
porary city engineer.
Hon. William Polk of Alexandria
said New York capitalists were buy.
ing up Cuban lands because of the
proposed reciprocity treaty with the
island, and ultimate annexation in
the near future.
1t was announced that the Artists
Association Of New Orleans will give
q splendid art exhibition December
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-10-19
Its Prosperity.

ivory and rubber are the sources OF
wealth OF the Congo Free State, in AZ
RIGA, the connection Of which to Bel
GUM is now engaging the attention OF
the legislators OF that kingdom. At
present the Congo Free State is the
private possession Of King Leopold II.
OF the 700 tons Of ivory annually
produced in the world 600 are derived
from Africa. Half a century ago all
the African ivory came from Egypt
and Zanzibar, but to-day the Congo
Free State holds the first rank among
ivory producing countries. In 1889 no
less than 370 tons were exported to
Europe, this being more than half the
total African output. The Antwerp
ivory market, which was started on
July 81, 1883, with a sale of Is tons,
surpassed the Liverpool market in
1890 and the London market in 1885,
The Antwerp ivory market is to-day
by far the most important in the
world.
Herds of wild elephants are still eI-
tremely numerous in the immense vir-
gin forests of central Congo. The ma
tives hunt these animals more on &C.
count Of their flesh, which the negroes
greatly appreciate, than for their
tusks. But only small proportion OF
the ivory annually exported from the
Congo is taken directly from newly
killed animals. Thus, during 1899, oil
the 1885 tusks sold On the Antwerp
market, $3.50 alone came from freshly.
killed animals, the remaining 21,446
tusks being what the natives term
dead ivory" For centuries the abb
orig!nes have been collecting elephant
tusks, which they considered as hay
ing little intrinsic value, but useful az
articles of exchange.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-10-19
SEVERE WIND AND RAIN.

jennings "A severe wind and rain
storm visited this portion Of the
parish about 3 O'Clock Saturday morn
ing, that did much damage to rice
that was uncut. 1t is indeed fortu-
nate that the storm did not come last
week, ss the damage then would have
been infinitely greater. The storm
center was strip running almost due
north and south. Within this strip
rice dalds were laid low. Fortunate.
" the strip was not very wide. The
vicinity OF the Keystone plantation
perhaps suffered the most, az north Of
town but little damage is reported.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-10-19
DATE FIXED FOR TRIAL,

Diamond Tweuty-ninth Dis.
trlct Court adjourned Friday until
next Tuesday, when it convenes again
IN its second week. The trial Of Har-
ny Mcdonald of Dayton, O., the SOL
der stationed at Fort St. Philip, who
shot James Butler, a prominent citi-
zen OF Neptune, on his doorstep last
July, is fixed for trial on the 18th
inst, and is exciting much interest
along the lower coast.