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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-04-01

BORN-To Mr. and Mrs H S
Seeds. on sunaaE. March 81. a boy.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-04-01

BORN-To Mr and Mrs j G
Carver on snnday, March 81, a
son.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-04-01

That was a Grigsby rain last
night. Nothing is too good for
Grg.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-04-01

OF Topeka, Kan. treats success
fully the following diseases: Kid
ney aud Liver Complaint, Indiges-
ton aud all Stomach Disorders,
Female Complaints, Piles, PIN
Piles, Rheumatics and Nervous
Diseases, Lost Manhood and
Womanh0od, Gonorrhea, and all
Syphiliiic Diseases, at all stages
win give examination and one
weeks treatn ent free to all that
live at distance up to the first
of January 1901 Over thirty
years in the practice Of medicine
and fifteen years on special
diseases. Examination free. Any
kind of baths that patient may
require.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-04-01

Horne 3 hollinasaofih DriekI Chickasha J. ~
Practice go the courts OF Indian Territory and
OnAhoma. Also b. aiore q S. Land Offices and
Land Department 81 Washington.
Have had ltseaJs active pfachce before the
u. $ Land 0mces at Garden city, kinghsher
ana Luid. ana Will take pleasure in advising
persons seeking niormiiaoa coucering The
pu1iiQ lamps
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-04-01

Fraudulent voting is the main
cry of ihe howlers for tho citizens
ticket. Watch The man who is AZ
ways crying "Watch thief"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-04-01

OF the people, for the people,
and will be elected by the people.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-04-01

See Barrin & Miller for screen
work.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-04-01

On. N. VI. REEDER,
Chickasha, I. T.
Office over First National Bank.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1901-12-14
ARTEMus WARD.
A Writer Tells Of His First Meeting
with the Humorist.

On going into the Cleveland Plain
Dealer editorial rooms one morning,
writes james F. Ryder, in the Cen
tury, saw new man, who was in
troduced to me as Mr.. Browne.
He was young, cheerful in manner,
tall and slender, not quite up to date
in style Of dress, yet by no means shah
by. His hair was faxen and very
straight; his nose, the prominentfea-
ture Of his face, was Romanesque-
quite violently so-and with a lean
ing to the left. His eyes were blue
gray, with a twinkle in them; his
mouth seemed SO given to merry
laugh, so much in motion, that it was
difficult to describe.
It seemed as though bubbling in
him was lot of happiness which he
made no effort to conceal or hold back.
When we were introduced he was sit
ting at his table writing. He gave
his leg a smart slap, arose, shook
hands with me- and said he was glad
to meet me. I believed him, for he
looked glad all the time. You could
not look at him but he would laugh,
He laughed as he sat at his table writ
ing. When he had written thing
which pleased him he would slap his
leg and laugh.
! noticed that George Hoyt and
James Brokenshire at their tables
were pleased with his merriment and
INDUCED in broad smiles. As ] babe
him and the Others good-morning, he
said: "Come again, me liege." I
thanked him, said I would, and went
my way, thinking what a funny fel-
low he was.
Within a month thereafter ap-
peared in the columns Of the Plain
Dealer funny letter signed carte
mus Ward" The writer said be was
in the show business, had trained
kangaroo, "a most amoosin' little
euss,' some .snaix," and a collection
of wax figures, which he called a
great moral show" AS he was COM
ing to Cleveland to exhibit, he made
proposition to the proprietor that
they Scratch each Others backs"
the publisher to write UP. the show
vigorously, and the Snowman to have
the handbills printed at his office and
give him free tickets for all his FAM
ily. So | found my young friend Of
the gurgle and hay-eolored hair to be
an embryo humorist just bursting
into bloom. Artemus, as from that
time he was best known, soon had a
city full Of friends, myself and fam
ily among them.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1901-12-14
ONE SUNSET.

saw the Angel of the Sunset stand
Within the gates of Paradise,
I saw the blossoms in her fair, frail hand,
The glory of her garments grand,
The light of her dear eyes.
She fingered there, and listened. long and
late,
Dropping her crimson poppies down.
saw her, smiling gently, watch and wait,
While they fell, sweet and swift and
straight,
Down Ger the tired town.
saw no more. only heard a sigh,
The rustic of her robes, wind-stirred,
Her lingering footballs on the star-strewn
sky,
Like broken music stealing by,
These-and one whispered word!
And, those around me only paused and
said:
1.-THE sun has set in splendid sky"
I, only, knew-and one whose heart had
bled
In anguish when her Love lay dead
The Angel, Peace, passed by.
Alice e. Allen, in Good Housekeeping.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1901-12-14
THIS AND THAT.

Much Of the existing prosperity is
due to the enormous outlays Of rail-
road companies.
Since 1896, when the Boston dis
pensary was founded, it has treated
| ,544, ,883 patients.
An American dealer has reduced
the price of ice in Rouen, France, IN
one year from 800 francs ton to so
francs.
The expense Of harvesting 1000
acres Of wheat is not more than 5000.
This amount is exclusive, Of course,
of the planting. Flowing field costs
one dollar an acre.
A good portion of the money in
vested in Hawaii is owned by resi-
dents of the islands, but some comes
from the United States. Not long
ago a loan of $780, 900 on the estates
inherited by Prince David and Prince
Cupid was taken up by San Francisco
capital.
New Orleans, city Of nearly 3oo,-
900 population, consumes less than
15,00o,0o0 gallons of water daily.
The total cost of the New Orleans
waterworks was $4,000,O00. st.
Louis has spent $2o,ooo,ooo for the
same purpose and has daily con-
sumption of 60,oo0,o0o gallons.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1901-12-14
"THIRD RAIL EYE. -
Boston Has New Complaint Due to
Elevated Railroads.

What is the matter with the steel
used in the track and contact rails on
the elevated road Of Boston? There
must be some fault with the metal il
the continued reports Of injury due
to Nthird rail eyeo are to be believed.
The Massachusetts board Of railroad
commissioners has investigated the
new complaint, and use the term
@third rail eye to describe the injury
to the eye sustained BY many persons
from minute steel particles ground
off rails and wheels. The injury
causes acute pain, and it is difficult
Of treatment. The boards expert
finds that 80 per cent. Of the falling
particles come from the wear OF
tracks, wheels and brake shoes, and
that the remaining small percentage
only can be attributed to the third
rail and other causes. The falling Of
more or less Of such particles from
elevated railways has always been an
accompaniment.of Of their operation, in
Boston, it seems. The fact is the
more surprising, as the experience Of
Chicago with elevated electric rail-
ways proves conclusiyely that injury
and annoyance from this cause can
be obyiated. This fact was previous
II pointed out in The Western Elec-
trician, when the opinion was ex-
pressed that the reports of eye injury
in Boston from elevated roads must
have been exaggerated. The fact
that the railroad commissioners have
taken official action on the subject
seems to indicate, however, that there
must be some substantial ground Of
complaint. It is likely that the steel
Of the rails is Of incorrect compost
ton; but even admitting this to be
the cause, it would seem that pans
under the structure or some other
simple protective device would meet
the difficulty. In any event it is
perfectly feasible to operate elevated
electric roads without this trouble.
There may be third rail eye,' 7 but
it may be avoided; it is not s.black
eye to the system. Western Elee-
trician.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1901-12-14
A FEAT OF ENDURANCE.
sandow Doesn't Want Another Plaster
Cast Taken of Himself.

sandow is pleased and gratifed
that his cast should be thought wor-
thy to be placed in the National mu-
scum Cat South Kensington), to serve
as an object lesson to. generations yet
unborn; but when I saw him he was
chiefly concerned to talk about the
sufferings he had endured over the
process. He told me that it was the
hardest job he'd ever had in his life;
in fact, said he, r should like you
to say that 7 regard it as the greatest
feat Of endurance I have ever per-
formed. Good heavensp he went on,
sstime after time thought I'd have
to give it up; the strain was awful.
I used to finish up after each piece
was done fairly blown, perspiring
and winded much more than after the
most arduous weight-liftin g perform
anee ! have ever accomplished.
ssThe operation is painful, too
one feels as if one were being suf
foeated, especially when the mold Of
the face is being taken. They tell
me that only about one man in 200
can stand having his face done, and
I'm not a bit surprised. But if that
! is the case I don't believe that one in
a million could be found who could
stand to have his chest mind,
in strained position, I mean. Real
ly, when my chest and abdomen were
being nodded, what with the peculiar
biting feeling of the plaster, as it
dried on the skin, and the difficulty
in regulatingthe breathing, thought
/ should burst. How did I manage
about breathing 50 as not to disturb
the plaster? Oh, it was difficult, /
confess. had to keep the muscles
Of the chest and abdomen still, and
take very small, quick breaths, never
entirely filing or emptying thelungs,
but just taking in almost continu-
ously enough fresh air to take the
place Of that used up; at the same
time keeping the muscles set SO as
not to disturb the outer contour A
very troublesome job that, the worst
Of the whole business, and it was
tiresome business from beginning to
end. Strand Magazine.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1901-12-14
THE BERLIN BANKS.
Have Branches in All Parts of the Great
City.


The banks Of Berlin have branches
in all parts Of the city for the con-
venience of the public, and their OWE
profit Of course, because they are no
more benevolent than similar institu-
tions in other countries. The
Deutscher bank, for example, says
W. E. Curtis, in the Chicago Record
Herald, has % subofices located
where they are most convenient, at
which deposits are received, drafts
sold, notes paid, letters Of credit pur-
chased, orders left for the purchase
Of stocks and bonds, and other busi-
ness transactions, without compelling
the customers to 60 all the way down
town to the main bank. But no
money is paid out at these branch
offices. It is only taken in and at the
close of business every day the re-
ceipts are transferred to the vaults of
the central bank. You can make d
note payable to any Of the branches,
but you cannot borrow money there.
You can leave an order for the pur-
.ehase or the sale of stocks. but the
transaction must be completed at the
main office.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1901-12-14
REvERsEs THE OLD NOTION
Soft Water Now Said to Waste Soap
Instead of Saving It.

1t is commonly supposed, says the
Lancet, that the use Of soft water
rain water, for examplefor washing
purposes economies soap. But while
it is perfectly true that the lime salts
in hard water nullify to some extent
the soap by forming insoluble lime
soaps, yet the expenditure of soap, at
least in toilet purposes, will be found
to be considerably less than when rain
water is used, while the cleansing eff
feet is Just as good. The explana-
ton of this is that soap is SO very
readily soluble in soft water that con-
siderably more soap is used than is
necessary. Everybody knows the slip
perry feeling Of rain water in which.
the hands have been washed with
soap, and no amount of rinsing would
appear to remove the soapiness. from
the skin. In this case it is doubtful
when soap is used whether, after all,
rain water or soft water is better for
the complexion or skin than hard tap
water. It is certainly not SO refresh
ing. In manufacturing processes or
in the washtub it is true the use Of soap
in soft water is an economy. Itis IN
this way, of course, that the addition
Of soda, throwing out the lime salt,
saves soap. It has been estimated
that i London were supplied with
soft water the saving Of soap would
amount to tens Of thousands Of pounds
per annum, and Glasgow is estimated
to save 100000 annually in the mat
ter Of soap since using Loeb Katrine
water. That may be 50, but il The
matter Of personal washing there is
a waste Of soap produced rather than
an economy by using soft water. The.
fact that tablet Of soap disappears
much more quickly when rain water
is used instead of hard tap water Is
proof Of this assertion.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1901-12-14
TALE OF A WHALE.
Van schuysen's Wonderful Story of the
Origin of Screw Propeilers.

Origin of Screw Propeilers.
Shipowners and sea captains who
frequent the Ship and Turtle in Lead.
enhall street were surprised on Satur-
day afternoon by the entrance of what
at first appeared to be living image
Of one of the characters from the OPP
era Of the Flying Dutchman.
The figure which intruded on them
was that of an old man apparently
about 80 years of age, but hale and
hearty, with a complexion well tanned
by the sun and wind.
The old man wore blue coat with
large brass buttons, double-breasted
beaver Waisteoat, wide pantaloons and
a hard, glazed tarpaulin hat
Entering into conversation with
two or three gentlemen in the restau
rant, he said that his name was Capt.
Hendrix Van schuysen, Of Dorrecht,
Holland, and that he had come over
for trip on his sons boat, as he
wished to see London again before he
died.
Capt Van Schuysen spoke English
fuently, and told some remarkable
stories Of the sea and adventures in.
far countries. He had been in the sea-
faring profession, man and boy, for
s55 years, he said, and had just passed
his eighty-fourth birthday.
MY father he ended up, "was the
first sailor to discover the practical
bility Of screw propellers for steam
ers, instead Of paddle wheels.
when [ was young lad Ct Is /
sailed to India with my father in an
old wooden brig called the VroW Snei-
der, Of Amsterdam, for Calcutta.
eve had fearful weather off the
Cape Of Good Hope, and, in fact, mar
roWly escaped foundering.
Gone day It was blowing a gale Of
wind, the brig was under her main
lower topsail and foresail, and doing
about two knots an hour.
Suddenly big whale crashed
right into our stern.
For a moment we thought all was
lost. Then my father gave orders to
take off the after hatch to see how
much water there was in thehold.
When we did SO the whales head
appeared, and as fast as the water
poured in through the leak in the
stern the whale blew it out Of the after
hatch.
with the continual swinging Of
his tail the old brig began to goahead,
and we went into Cape Town safe and
sound at the rate Of seven knots an
hour.
SsWu returned to Amsterdam" said
Capt. Schuysen, solemnly, "and short
ly afterWard the Archimedes and the
Rattler. the first screw steamers, were
built, and proved great success.
Then, amid silence that seemed
to speak, the old man finished his
grog, put his glazed hat on and slow
| ly Waddled out into Leadenhall street,
followed by the fascinated gaze Of all
his listeners.-Lnndnn Exnress.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1901-12-14
Famous Church Moved.

The Church Of souvoroy, in the
village Of Kotehansk, near Novgorod,
has just been transported bodily to
st. Petersburg. The celebrated Preo-
brasjenski regiment wish to possess
the church, which contained many
souvenirs of the famous Marshal
Souvoroy. It was accordingly re-.
moved from its foundations and car
ried to the nearest railway station by
means Of $50 wagons.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1901-12-14
Eskimo Wrestling.

Next to gambling, the Eskimo men
like to wrestle. The usual way of
doing this is a test rather Of strength
than skill The wrestlers sit down
on the floor, or in any convenient
place, side by side, and facing in OPP
posite directions, say with right el-
bows touching. Then they lock arms,
and each strives to straighten out the
others arm.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1901-12-14
WOMAN TRAVELLERS.
are Much Less Restless Than Men When
Journeying.

1ourneylng.
Are women good travellers? # one
believes the average man, they are
not; if one believes his own sight, they
are-far better even than the de-
tractors who criticise them with SO
high and mighty an air. It is per-
fectly true that the average female
cannot make out from time table
whether the $40 train arrives at her
town at six a. m. or seven p. m. 1t
is true that she reaches the station a
good half hour before she should and
spends the interim trying to find the
baggage room and making false starts
through the gate to board trains
bound in diametrically opposite diree-
tions to the one in which she is going
impulses which are greatly checked
by the uniformed employe Of the
road.
But once in coach which she is.as-
sured is the proper one, says the Bal
timore News, the average woman
shows her adaptability by settling
down quietly in her seat and prepar-
ing to pass the time as pleasantly as
possible. She doesn't tramp up and
down the aisle continually; she
doesn't, Of course, spend every alter
nate ten minutes in the smoking
room; she doesn't complain to the
porter Of the roadbed, nor to the train
boy Of the few magazines and papers
that he sells, nor to the conductor Of
the heat and the dust. She doesn't
raise and lower the window eternally
she couldn't if she wanted to-nor
does she get off the train at every
station at which the train stops and
tramp frantically up and down the
platform, swinging herself on the
moving coach at the last minute, to
the imminent danger Of life and limb.
The average woman reads her book
with a patience beautiful to behold,
no matter what the discomforts of the
journey, and moves not at all until
she alights Immediately clean and
composed at the end Of her fve-hour
trip.
A man, his wife and two children
entered a day coach in which the
writer sat yesterday and gave an
apt illustration of the difference in
the way the sexes travel. The man,
as soon as he had seated his charges,
washed his hands Of responsibility and
bolted for the smoking car. The
woman set to work quietly to amuse
the little ones and keep them quiet.
She whispered a story to tlsm; she
pinned handkerchief out Of the win
dow and made flag of it; she made
balls of another handkerchief, and
rabbits, and SO kept those babies quiet
and contented for six hours. At the
end Of that time back came the hus-
band, breathless.
Are you ready to get off, he
asked. .sHere we are at Baltimore.
It's been terrible trip, hasn'tit? So
hot. I'm tired to death"
81 rather enjoyed it, replied the
woman. 'Was it warm? You see, /
was too busy to notice. Yes, every
thing is ready. I'm sorry you're tired. "
And there wasn't even a trace Of sar-
casm in her tones.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1901-12-14

door, and he had heard every word.
And Hannah looked up and saw him,
and sprang to her feet, and ran
straight to him, and was sobbing on
his shoulder.
| shall never forget Jonty's face as
he looked at me over her head. He
was SO kind and gentle that in all his
bewilderment, his arm had gone
round the poor little thing, and he
was stroking her head as if she had
been lost kitten. And [ shall never
forget the sound of my own voice, it
was SO queer and faint, as | said to
him:
Hannah says she's got valentine
from you, Jonty."
Well, Jonty soothed and coaxed
her, and took her home, and when he
came back his face was as white as a
sheet. He sat down opposite me, and
looked at me, and / at him.
sWhat be you goin' to do, Jonty?a
said |.
sI amt goin' to break that poor
little things heart, and Mark Viii
liams is over there with Flora, and
Idon't believe she has ever had much
choice betWixt US, and-and-she
ain t never acted as If she thought SO
much of me as this. !"
You amt goin' to marry Hannah,
when it's Flora you want?" said I, for
| thought he was carryin' it too far.
Yes, I be, unless I see that Flora
is goin' to be upset overit, said he.
And he did. Mark Williams mar
ried Flora, butt always suspected she
would full as soon have had Jonty,
but she was never a girl to cry for one
fiddle when she could get another,
and Jonty married Hannah. Han
nah has made him splendid wife,
and there amt been a happier family
in the village than ours.
But one thing always puzzled JON
ty and me, though We never said a
word to Hannah about it. We could
not understand how Jonty ever hap
pened to direct that valentine enyel-
ope to Hannah instead Of Flora. He
said he could almost take his Bible
oath that he hadn't. He used often
to talk to me about it, and say that he
knew now that Hannah was the wife
for him and made him happier than
Flora could ever have done, but he
couldn't understand about that val
entine. Hannah has got it and I
have seen it, said he, ''but she took it
out Of the envelope and made little.
silk case for it with two doves and a
sprig of myrtle embroidered on the
outside, like one her cousin had, and
the eyenlope is gone, but | must have
written Hannah instead Of Flora.
Sometimes it seems supernatural
when | look at Hannah and see what
a dear, good wife I've got said
Jonty.
Well, we never discovered the mys-
terry Of that valentine till Grandma
died two years after Jonty and Han
nah were married. She had shock
and lost her speech and lay so FIVE
days before she died. One day about
a week after the funeral Jonty was
lookin' at her old Bible, the one she
always kept in her room on the little
stand by her bed, and he gave a great
start. 'sWhat is it, Jonty?" said I.
Hannah was out in the kitchen get
ting supper, and we were in the sit
ting-room.
Look here, Aunt Jane," said
Jonty.
And I looked, and there in Grand
mas Bible, pinned to the chapter of
Proverbs where it says that E9The
heart Of her husband can safely trust
in her" was the envelope of the old
valentine directed to Flora.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1901-12-14
The Rich Mans Debt.

Sometimes a rich man thinks be-
cause he does not owe the public ans
money he does not owe il any polite
ness.Atehison Globe.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1901-12-14
The willing Horse.

No matter how much good q man
may do, some people accept it as Q
matter Of course. tchison Globe.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1901-12-14

Livers.
ga1

4 good liver and bad Hverusually
20 togelherAtchison Globe.