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The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-11-28


Winter FIVE months IN every
twelve. And thou, whose bills,
plantations, valleys, rivers and
lagoons are sun-loved into fruit.
fulness and luxurious harvest the
entire year. This should not
have been ia the old Century, il
must not be in the New, whose
dawn is already lighting Indus
try's Banquet Hallat Charleston.
AS he uttered these words, the
Angel touched her eyes, and
said:
Look, and tell me what thou
seest."
II see the land link between
North and South America hewn
asunder, and become a water
link making the Atlantic and the
Pacific one ocean. Through it l
see the fleets of the whole world,
passing and re-passing from
China and our own Philippines,
and from Europe to the Occident.
see new ports springing up
along our western, Southern, and
Eastern coasts, and innumera Bile
steam leviathans, deep laden,
coming to and leaving their levees
and piers both ways like busy
ants.
II see innumerable craft navi-
eating our rivers and streams,
and countless trains fretting our
land, all bearing our products to
those ports, and bringing to us
others IN exchange.
And, marvel of marvels. l
see the calvary of Commerce,
those mighty steeds of the cease
less waterfalls in our mountains,
harnessed with their wired dy-
namos, giving US power by day
and sunshine by night. And I
see the white-maned stations of
the ocean, captured at the beach
by Invention, and made to tug in
the same harness.
"And now behold the children
of my daughters, .marshalled in
to great armies, like unto the
sands of the sea shore. They
are marching, marching onward,
forward; and, leading their col
umns, are the grants, Enterprise,
Industry, Invention and Immi-
grafton. And, in this last column
march myriads of the children of
my sister Queen of the Northland.
They all come this way-they are
close at hand, and 1 hear their
glad shou1ings.
80, Angel, tell me, what may
this mean?'
That the banquet, prepared
at Charleston, in thine honor; O,
Queen of the Southland, is ready.
Come"
And, even as he answered, and
stretched forth his hand to take
hers, they stood upon the PLAIN
below, at the head of the host,
over which now fell the complete
silence of profound, loving re-
spect, as their Queens guide led
her to her throne.
All, what silence! And the
breaking of that silence-as her
finger-touch loosed the lightning.
Instantly, almost countless
pulleys and wheels, cotton gins,
spindles and shuttles, anvils and
lathes, pumps and presses, ham
mers, saws, axes, drills, and ev-
cry other conceivable machine
and tool lifted up their voices and
swelled the glad chorus of happy
welcome to the guests of the
feast.
l started from my reverie as
one awakening from a beautiful
dream, and up from my heart to
my lips came the prayer:
God bless you, o, Queen of
the Southland, all this shall sure
ly come true!"
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-11-28
of
Our Soil.
BY GEO. o. BEGG,

BY GEO. o. BEGG,
President of the Champion Lum-
Der Company, Who Has Es-
tablished an Experimental
Farm at His Own Expense for
the Benefit of Local Farmers.
To the causual observer pass
ing through, over the New Or
leans & North Eastern Railroad,
that part of Pearl River County
which comes under his observa-
ton does not strike him favorably
as to its possibilities as an agri-
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-12-19

When men are very young they think
they know an about women; when
they reach middle life they confess
they understand only few members Of
the sex: when they attain the fun ma
turity OF their mental power and have
had a vide experience they give the
problem up and confess that women
are past finding out An experienced
man is amused II not angered TO hear
callow youths boasting about their
knowledge Of women's ways. One
youth in a cafe the other night deliver
ed the declaration that no wise man
ever had a proposal Of marriage re-
leeted by a woman because a wise man
could find out what the answer would
be before he put the question. There
are a hundred little ways OF nnding
out a wOmans mind" said he. "and
any man Of experience can tell
whether his suit is favored. The pres
sure Of the hand. the tones OF the
voice. little attentions scarcely per
ceptible but offering glimpses Of the
heart. speedily forgiven. an are signs
by which a man may foreteIl lnfallbiy
whether the answer to his proposal
viii be yes or nc"
The error Of this young solon lay in
the fact that he took reason to guide
him through the labyrinth Of the femi-
nine mind. He was not aware that
women are inclined to be cold toward
the favored but yet unaccepted lover.
and that no matter how infatuated the
girl may be she viii rebuke any symp-
tom Of assurance or confidence with
instant and condign. punishment. But
she does this, not because she dislikes
audaeity in a suitof. but because she
deems It unbecoming TO surrender
without a contest and It humlliates
her to have him think that she Is an
easy conquest "A girl may fancy
man and even encourage him, but
when she faces the question and IS
to decide whether she will
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-12-19
RANGER EXPLOIT.
with Two Guns sergeant Stays his
Fnemx-

with Two Guns q Sergeant Stays His
Enemy.
AS in pursuit OF other classes Of Of
tenders the Rangers cllnebed their ef-
forts with a killing whenever Il was
necessary. One night a sergeant and
a private went out to watch a water
ing place known as Green Lake water
hole, where the fences had been cut
repeatedly. They lay in wait all night
and in the early morning three men
rode up to the spring. cut the fence
surrounding Il and drove their cattle
into the water. The Rangers. who had
observed the whole proceeding from
their ambush. sprang up at this juno
ture and ordered the men to surrender
Instead Of doing so they fired upon the
Rangers. bringing the private down at
the first yolloy The sergeant re-
turned their Ere Telling one man and
wounding the other. who was never
theless able to run away. The third
man jumped behind a rock. and the
sergeant. noting his movement. did
likewise. From their entrenched po-
sitlons the two men BEGAN a duel that
lasted Ter Ihoufs They lay IN the
sand firing at each other whenever the
movement OF an arm Or leg displayed
the slightest target. but neither one
Yenturing to raise his head except just
after his enemy had fired. This first
the sergeant finally turned to his ad-
vantage. His comrades rife lay where
u had fallen. near bis feet. and by
careful efforts he was finally able 10
draw It 10 him. Carefully aiming both
guns across the rock in front OF him
he fred one. The fence-cutter raised
his head for an instant to take him
and in that instant a rife bah from
the. sergeants reserve battery struck
him squarely IN he center AZ the fore
head. That was the last of the fence
cutting at Green ke.-Leslie's
Monthly.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-12-19
IusI nc oARIYIE
sasase Epistle from the BIographer Of
oliver Cromwell.

oliver Cromwell
An unpublished and most character
istic letter Of Carlyle's has recently
appeared in the London Times. He
had been asked 10 subscribe toward the
raising. al St. Ives. Of a statue to the
Protector. and his adherence was quali-
fed with no little ferocity for the peo-
pie Who presumed to celebrate at the
same time Cromwell and king Hud-
son. the great railroad speculator.
The project for the Cromwell monu-
ment lapsed. and St. Ives waited until
the other day for a memorial OF its
greatest citizen. The dedication, the
Times correspondent assures US.
passed on without the ocean OF fum-
merry and mere idle balderdash,
which Carlyle deprecated The b.
ographer Of Cromwell writes. MY
private suspicion. I confess, is that the
present generation Of EngIishmen-
who have hlled their towns with such
a set Of public statues as were never
before erected BY any people. ugly
brazen images Ito mere commonplace
adyenturers with titles on them, and
even sometimes to mere paltry scoun-
drels. worthy Of immediate oblivion
only. and who have winded up their
enterprises in the statue or memorial
line by subscribing e25.000 to a memo
rial for King Hudson-are not likely to
do themselves or anybody much good
by setting up statues to Oliver Crom-
well. / fear they have forfeited the
right to pretend to remember Crom-
well In a public manner. Cromwell's
divine memory. sad, stern and earnest
as the gods, says virtually to them,
Forget me and pass on, ye unhappy
canaille; carry your offerings to King
Hudson and strive to emulate himi'
Nevertheless have privately resolved.
II such a thing does go on, to subscribe
my little mite to It on occasion. and
TO wish privately that it may prosper
much better than I can with any as
surance hope ] think it will be very
difficult 10 avoid the introduction of
such an ocean Of fiummery and mere
idle balderdash into the affair III the
public are fairly awoken to IT'D as
viii be very distressing to any one
who feels how a Cromwell ought to be
honored by the nation that produced /
him. New York Evening Post.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-12-19


If you should want an island-that
Is. an uninhabited island-for the pur-
pose Of occupying it alone, Robinson
Crusoe Ike. or to use it for romantic
fiction OF any other purpose, to the
exclusion Of all others IN the world,
you need have no trouble in finding
one If you see fit to make a journey
to the Indian Ocean. In the waters
between Madagascar and India you
can find more than $1,000 Of them.
where there is not a human being and
where you can. II you viii. be mon
arch OF all you survey. An English
traveller has recently been among the
small islands that dot the western end
of the Indian Ocean to make an in
ventory OF them and reports that he
counted 16.l00 and found only about
GOO Of them Inhabited. Now. there is
a good chance for any one who may
want an island. These particular is
lands are not large, as islands go. but
very many Of them are sufficient for
the purpose Of Robinson crusoe or
any other novel hero, or for even
small colony Of shipwrecked mariners
or other persons who might be cast on
one Of them OF seek for the purpose OF
making a home pretty much out OF the
busy world
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-12-19
Women and Their
Ways hIystlfy tho
other Sex. -

have him or not many considerations
may affect her choice and make her
Wish sho had not suffered the affair to
90 50 far Men do not and never VIII
know women Women do not know
themselves. The sex is fu.l OF contra
dictions. When a women Is fondest Of
man she most delights 10 tease or
torture him. When she dislikes his
very presence she Is often most gra-
eious, Women are often called dreams
and, Ike dreams. they go by con-
trarles. Few men ever get really ae-
qnainted with woman until they
have married her and lived with her
awhile. She will hold her true self In
the background and recede as be adj
vances. That Is Why many girls who
are popular with men are disllked By
women, who know them better, and
Why the favorite Of all the women Is
sometimes neglected By the men and
permitted to become an old maid.
That too. is why many men. soon
after marriage discover that they
have made a grieveus N stake A man
ought not marry a girl IN a hurry. nor
should he marry one whom ne does
not know very we'll A man ought 70
consider how his inamorata viii look
ten years after the wedding He
should compare her with her mother
and should ask himself. Were she
to become fat shapeless and middle
aged would love her still?"
Beauty does not last except In rare
cases and the man thar marrles should
bear IN mind that his bride will not
always be pretty and graceful Let
him look at the wives Of his friends
and then marry-if be dares II the
sentiment that inspires him IS the real
thing. II he Is ready to take the bitter
with the sweet let him marry BY an
means, and be happy forever after
ward. But II his love Is an emotion Of
sudden origin and transient nature let
him beware. Chicago Chronicle
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-12-19
TroubIe with the Cashier
Feeding Thousands Find Il Hard
TO Balance Accounts.

names and turned over 10 the man
agement The management decided 70
give the young woman another chance
II she would come and apply for the
position. which she declined 20 do
Another cashier was taken on In her
pace. and lasted exactly four days.
Another girl succeeded. she lasted two
days sun another came. and lasted
four days. In an eight girls were tried
out behind the marble desk, and then
the company was no better on than
at first Days came when there were
shortages 10 be taken out OF the young
woman's pockets, and others when
they honestly turned IN what was over
and above the amount on the cash
register But the shortage and the
overcast continued. and the company
has decided to give up experiments and
to charge the difficulty. not 10 incom-
petence OF the cashiers. but 10 impos-
sibility Of filling the position without
mistakes. The trouble "a said to be
that the $500 or 5000 changes made
during the day are not. as in dry goods
stores or other concerns. more or less
scattered throughout day but are
all crowded into an hour or SO. The
rate at which one girl makes change
during that one hour Is az the rate of
1900 IN a day OF nine bours-New
York Times.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-12-19

Trust a messenger boy to be up on
expressive slang. The particular one
who had a message to aeliver yester-
day morning at the office Of the gem
eral passenger agent Of the Pennsyl-
vania railroad was as tough a looking
specimen as you could find in a days
journey. His cap was placed at a per-
ilous angle on his frowsy head, tobac-
co stains lurked about the corners Of
his mouth. and he was putting a cigar
cite stump. The dignifed clerk who
took the message scowled. "sign
dat" demanded the boy. holding out
his slip and expectorating copiously
on the floor. 'I'll have you put out
OF here If you don't know. how to be-
have, said the clerk severely A look
of scorn passed over the boys grimly
features. sAw, fon't git icy wild me,
or I'll slide all over yousei" he ex-
claimed. Then he sauntered out whis-
ting. Go Away Back and Sit Down"
Philadelphia Record.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-12-19

It Is perfectly plain that large fish
are more apt to e-cape than small ones.
Their weight and activity, combined
with the increased thickness and re-
sourcefulness Of age and experience,
Of course. greatly increase their abili-
ty to tear out the hook, and enhance
the danger that their antics viii expose
a fatal weakness in hook. leader. line or
rod. Another presumption. which must
be regretfully mentioned. arises from
the fact that In many eases It is the
encounter with a large fish which
causes such excitement. and such dis
traction and perversion Of Judgment.
as leads the fisherman to do the wrong
thing. or fal 20 do the right thing,
- the critical ins'ant-Grover Cleve-
land in Philadelphia sas--..-y Evening
Fost.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-12-19

One Of the most difficult positions to
fll In the big retail establishments
where automatic cash registers are in
use is that Of cashier The question Is
not so much one Of honesty as one Of
ability to perform the work day BY
day without too great margin Of err
ror. None has found so great difnculty
in this connection as the owners OF the
big quick-lunch establishments. where
change has 10 be made quickly at
the rush hours Of noon, and when but
little time is allowed the cashier to
check receipts with the figures marked
up on the register The cashier in
one Of the largest downtown places
was recently discharged simply be-
cause she was often on in her
change that is. the cash register and
the amount turned in at night did not
tally Il mattered little to the COM
pany when there was a shortage. for.
according to agreement. the cashier
made It up from her salary On many
occasions there was even overcash
above the amount recorded, The
young woman turned in this overcash
faithfully, the company discharged her
for having any oyercash at all. When
the young womfn was discharged. II
may be noted incidentally. she had
become a great favorite with the Gus
toners. and when It was learned that
they were tQ see her no more behind
the, cashiers desk, some one started a
petition. which was signed by over 600
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-12-19

In the Dutch town Of Alkmar. on
the great northern canal. about twenty
miles from Amsterdam. which Is noted
for being one Of the biggest cheese
markets IN the world. not less than
5000 tons Of cheese are disposed on In
the course Of twelve months, The
Dutch cheeses are made in spheres OF
three sizes. respectively, OF four
pounds eight pounds. and twelve
pounds in weight. and the best quality
fetches about twenty guilders. or
about thirty-hve shillings. per 100
pounds. Immediately after being
weighed and marked off the barrows
are taken to the canal boats nearby.
and then the cheeses which they con-
tain are rolled one by one into the
hold through a wooden chute. to be
transported to their various destina-
tions Before expectation they are
given a coating OF vegetable red. and
It is IN this guise they are known and
recognized the world over.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-12-19

As the steamer pitched and rolled
in the waves the traveller heard,
through the thin partition. wailing
voice in the next stateroom exclaim:
"Oh. mamma. it's coming on again,
worse than everi" Then he heard a
sleepy voice in reply: Marie. why
don't you follow the directions you
told me about before we came on
board2" Because I've forgotten
whether / ought to breathe il as the
vessel rises. and let the breath 60 out
as it moves downward. or whether Il
ought to be the other way. and obi
OH oh. I wish was dead. .'-Epworth
Herald
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-12-19
oARp-sHuFFllNo MAonINE.
II Has Excited Wonder Of several Pro-
iss.IonaI oamller..

II Has Excited wonder of Several Pro-
fessionai Gamblers.
card shufaing machine has
been Invented BY a Cleveland man.
Il should make business poor for
crooked card-players The device "a
complicated. yet simple 10 its action.
"Card-piayers who want a fair and
honest game are enthusiastic I'm their
praise Of my machine" says the In
ventor. They say Il shuaies cards
more Thoroughly than can possibly be
done by hand. and that ID Is impossible
FOR dealer 70 put up 4 hand 70 suit
himself have exhibited the machine
to a number OF professional gamblers
Some OF the keepers OF gamb ing rooms
told me they would do an they could
to prevent the machine being put IN
use. because Il takes away all the sd-
vantage which the dealers skin Ia
shufninE gives 10 the house But when
the machine gets into the rooms
where square games are PLAYED the fair
players win 90 there. and ihe crooked
rooms win then be compelled 90 adopt
It's use also" The shumine machine
IS a metal box about twelve inches
high, three inches wide and six inches
from front % back All the mechan-
ism Is inside The cards are dropped
in at the TOP and rest on a tiny shelf
Below this there are five small fingers.
one on each Of Eve thin steel blades
across the FUN width Of the
machine when a shutter on the front
Is dropped ~ shelf falls and the cards
drop upon the blades and are separated
into Eve little irregular lunches By
the fingers. The blades separate. and
one by one cards drop from the vari-
Gus bunches into a receptacle at the
bottom. the drop being regulated by
4 clockwork mechanism.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-12-19

7 think that's an excellent idea
remarked the new boarder. as he fin
ished his soup "Ah," said Mrs. siarv-
en-. mot used to. beginning your din
ner with soup. eh?" SOUP I thought
it was hot water 70 pr vent dyspepsia"
Philadelphia Press
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-12-19
MANAGES SERMON.
WONDERS ~ THE HEAVENS AND m
THE EARTH

rsr, from she second Chapter Of Josl
-Ths world Constantly Advancing IN
the Right Direotion-rhs Triumph Of
Christianity over Inadelity
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-12-19

The Chinaman carries a fan. even
II he Is soldier on active service, or
II he Is going to his execution.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-12-19

The smaller mans wit the more
pains he takes 70 show H.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-12-19

Men cannot see the good when the
mists Of passion are on the windows
Of the SOUL
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-12-19

The church that fiourishes itself Is
often far from nourishing
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women fafIfn1 nomrward late in fine
EVENINGS ana ayorrfag thaf noIidays
~Drnt a,yb,nl pIa,., tn,. 50 chilled ryra..
uro morn Gfsa.nraabr, than = dav snrlt
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The strongest ana most ryDrrionc.l
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rem to YSsisf ila more fnnvpprirnr.l
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\ weak pun child is badly handicapped in
tho battle al life. II "a Isolated from the
healthy ~ i,,m"rte Of its little fellow beings.
II c9rur' Trr'rkc either of their play or
ther sturdy WORK and progress in the world
It's whole le Is embitter-d by iucaracity and
weakness
ANY woman who expects 20 become Il
mother ought to know what DR. Piercc'- Pre-
srrrliou will do 9th for her own health and
-ai't, during her tine Cf trial aud also to in
sure her IN mqurnthirg a fair measure Of
h'aIth and strength 20 tn" prospective little
one