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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-04-02

Like the Chinese, and 10 fact every
other Asiaiic race. the japanese enter.
tein no respect for women, whom they
regard as creatures Of Interior intelli.
gegce, resembling brutes in being with.
ont \ soul. Thus il is almost impossi-
be to bring any untraveled japanese 10
comprehend the Difference which the
men Of civilized nations pay 10 women.
The latter, In his eyes, arc sorely fitted
to act as his servants-nay, even as the
slaves of the stronger sex. Seldom, i
ever, is the wife permitted to sit al
table with her husband, no matter how
high her rank mal be. and when ad
mitted to bis presence she Is forced by
etiquette to approach in the same man.
ner as the domcstics, namely, on all
fours, with repeated prostIations.
Imagine young and delicately nurtured
American girl. such as, for instance, the
fair quakeress Of philadelphia, who has
always been accustomed TO the most
thorough Difference aud courtesy,
thrown for the first time among
set OF men such as the un.
travelled friends Of her japanese
husband-men who are devoid Of
every feeling, not alone Of civil.
lied respect for her sex, but even Of
the most elementary notions Of civilized
decency. Anybody who has lived
among the Japanese, as have, writes
a New York Tribune correspondent y
not as mere tourist under the tuteIage
Of an interpreter, but ia direct contact
aud understanding their language
will bear me ont when / assert that il
is impossible for a white woman 70 live
among the natives 10 japan without
having every feeling Of womanly re-
spect and delicacy outraged and, in
course Of time, completely blnnted
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-04-02

"The pretty art Of story telling i
falling somewhat into disuse.- com
planned a woman 90 a reporter the other
day There are hundreds Of well-or.
dered rosy habios, who have never
known the fascination Of vell-.0ld fairy
tales Sometimes q good naturod
nurse undertakes to explain The real.
romantic meaning Of the Sleeping
Beauty picture. and such d maid gains
q strong hold % the hearts Of her young
charges Negru nurses are. for this
reason, wonderfully adapted to nursery
management, aud usually beloved by
the children. ! believe Il j. She plain
duty of every mother to amnse her it,
tie one 10 this way. Some mothers
think il bad practice. yet Il seldom
does harm for a mother TO ait a. tho bed.
side Of a fearful. uideawako little one.
and chant the thrilling story ~ tho pig
that would noi 81 over the sti'e, till fhe
frelful child j. so0thed int0 Sleep
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-04-02

The genuine journalist is q right royal
fellow, who walks through the corridors
Of time with elastic step aud takes what
canes with the serene indifference
which philosophy alone can furnish.
For example DR. Guerrero. editor Of
the Honduras, Naci0n, apoloQized 10
bis readers the other day for a delay 10
the appearance Of his paper. lt was
caused, he said. 10y "the sad circum-
stances by which we we're surrounded.
1on might suppose that. like Senator
Quay, be had gone tarpon fishing and
missed the train. But not SO. He WIS
simply engaged in little insurrection.
After a short tussle he was captured
and condemned to be shot. His family
got together $500 and messengers
we're sent with this monev ns a ransom.
The victors concluded that It was more
profitable TO take money than life and
p0cketed the cash.
DR.. Guerrero was ready to die. but
preferred 10 live. He lifted his bat "a
acknowledgment Of his purchased re.
lease. bowed himself out Of the Gem.
pany OF desperadoes, mounted his pony.
threw q Kiss 10 his family as be rode by
the house, went directly TO the Office.
started the presses, dictated q ripping
leader and remarked to his constituency
that The crisis was over aud De aas
ready 70 receive subscriptions 81 fhe "a
staad.
Central America doesn't seem ~ ~ 8
very dull place. after all he1 Yoft
Herald.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-04-02

The operation Of making matches
from a pine log may be divided into
four heads, viz. preparing the splints,
dipping the matches, box-making. and
filling. When The timber is brought
into the cutting room OF the factory it
is seized upon by a gang Of men, who
place i before a circular saw, where it
IS cut into blocks fifteen inches long.
which is the length OF seven matches.
Il is then freed Of It's bark and taken 10
the turning-lathe. where. by means Of =
special form Of fixed cutting band run
ming is entire length, a continuous
tool. the thickness Of a match Is cut
of. As tha block rer0lves and de-
creases in diameter, the knife advances.
and a band Of veneer Of uniform thick
ness is obtained As the veneer rolls
off the knife it is met by eight small
knives, which cut it into seven separate
bands. each the length Of match. BY
this one operation, seven long nbbons
Of wood, each the length and thickness
Of a match. are obtained. These are
then broken into pieces six feet long
the knotty parts removed, and they are
then fed into a machine which looks
and acts like a siraw-choppar. which
cuts tl>n into single matches. The
machine cuts $50 bands at the
same time. and D mechanical device
pushes them forward the thickness Of a
match at each stroke Of the cutter.
This little machine with its one sharp
knife can 5ut over l0,000. 600 matches q
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-04-02

A Kansas parer tells Of farmer who
wanted to dig q we'll The first thing
that he did was 10 plow q lot Of land
and plant it to oats Every day be
watched tie oats. observing the spots
that showed the greatest moisture.
Finally he selected a spot and sank
well. Attwenty-four feet be had q fine
stream Of water. II is said to be the
best we'll in the country. Other
farmers in the same neighborhood have
failed 20 tad Waiera st DO feet
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-04-02

A customer in ore ~ ~ large
Brooklyn dry gods stores sto-51 saInfe
for her Turn io De- seffea aad aIig
watching the HOman Nfe vs. efslmiar
the attention Oi ils c|eet st f|.e nonaaf
There uas uoihitg al3esi hsf n afflaet
a second glanoe tke loeked ~ -
close upon tg years ~ ege. hsf lair was
yesy gray. though nQi shile. 40 4 naIr
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from 3 c5lor'oie. urlmffe.elye laee. IL
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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-04-02

To most persons q shark is a shark,
as a mackerel is a mackerel Yet more
than l40 species of this creature have
been classified already and doubtless
others yet remain unnamed, if not un-
known. Though some species. even Of
the largest, are comparatively harmless.
the shark is Of all creatures which swim
the seas the most hatod and dreaded by
sailors. This is a case when an open
countenance does not inspire conf
dence, says a writer in the Youths
Companion.
No general description will apply to
all the species Of the animal but there
are certain characteristics which make
it easy to recognize the shark when
ever seen.
The characteristic which will make
the deepest impression, if opportunity
is given, is the tooth. A sing shark
mouth has sometimes six rows OF teeth
IN the upper jaw and four in the lower
Usually they are in the form OF an
isosceles triangle sharp pointed. some-
times straight, sometimes curved, some
times smooth, and Sometimes serraied,
or in the form Of saws Teeth. To these
are attached muscles, by means of which
the teeth are made to stand erect when
the shark is about to seize his prey.
At other times they lie fiat in the
mouth.
The teeth Of many living species arc
quite large, but even the largest are
small in comparison with those Of some
gigantic fossil shark. / have a tooth,
given me by fisherman who procured
it at Cape Brenton, which is four aud
one-half inches across the base, while
the slant height is about six inches. It
is supposed that the species from which
1t came was at least seyeuty-five feet in
length. What execution full set OF
such teeth must have done
But the most striking characteristic
Of the shark is The tail which is very
muscular and peculiar IN shape. The
upper lobe IS usually much longer that
the lower, and is seythe-shape. The
tail is the animals chief propelling in
strument, ard is powerful enough to en-
able its possessor to swim with great
rapiditv.
The so-called backbone Of the shark
is not true bone. but cartilage, aud this
fact establishes its relations to the saw
fish. The body Of the shark is cylind-
rical in form, tapering toward the tail.
1t has no scales. and its skin is as rough
as sandpaper, instead OF which Il il
sometimes used Under the name Of
"shagreen" this substance is used to
cover boxes, instrument cases, and the
handles Of swords The snout Of some
species is very pointed in which case
the nostrils are halfway between the
point and the mouth
Unlike most fishes, the shark has not
gill covers, but breathes through FIVE
Sits on each side of the head. The
action Of the heart is very slow, in
some species beating only about eight
times in a minute This make, it
tenacious Of life, even when severely
Sharks have power to scent their food
from afar, and the smell Of blood serves
CRAFTY to increase their ferocitv. A
iavorile food with them IS the cutelefsh,
but they are far from being fastidious,
and seem ready to appropriate not only
everything edible, but some things
which are not.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-04-02

Tt was at dinner IN Chicago The in
vited ministers we're deploring the fact
that the catechism i Dut little studied
by the children Of the present dav. In
this the hostess differed from them, say
ing. 1T is not so ID our house. James
has just received q prize for a perfect
recitation OF tho cafechi>m. and even
little Johnny Is beginning to learn IT,
Johnny. tell the minister What IS the
chief end Of man ? The little fellow
addressed had been too intent on an I'M
usually gocd dinner to hear aught but
the question directly addressed to him,
and was, perhaps, little annoyed at
The interruption. for be replied, rather
impatisatly, I don't know, but / sup
pose the one With the head on i'-.-
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-04-02

IT was merely q matter of taste.
sighed the frustrated alligator when
Sambo escaped with the loss Of one toe.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-04-02

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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-04-02

Tan Milky Weigh Eighi ou1eel y
the pound.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-11-10

the ship; in the crows nest" on the
bridge, and in the engine room.
On the stem head, in ordinary wealth
err, there are usually two men. When
it is heavy weather, misty or hazy,
three men are there.
In the crows nest" there are also
two men. These men are practically
the eyes of the ship. They are selected
with especial care, and receive more
pay than ordinary seamen.
Before man can become a lookou.
his eyesight is vigorously tested both
as to distance and color. No one may
act as lookout on ship like the Gel
tic without firts obtaining a certificate
as to physical fitness from the Board
of Trade.
OF course. the main point for sihht-
ing objects at sea is in the crows
nest," on the masthead. The crows
nest" men must see things before the
officer on the bridge sights them. If
an officer on deck makes out an object
before the crows nest" man detects
it the latter gets a reprin1and
AT night lookout men have to be very
much on the alert for sounds. Both
the hearing and seeing of these men
are tested. and their eyes and ears
must be we'll nigh perfect. In a fog
the safety of the ship depends as much
upon the hearing qualities of the look
out as upon anything else.
Lookout men on the stem head have
a telephone close at hand, by means
of which they may communicate with
the officers on the bridge.
Lookouts have two hours on duty
and four off. They earn about ga per
month.
The next place forward-where look
out work is combined with other du-
ties-is the bridge. In fair weather
two officers are always on duty on the
bridge; in foul weather three. The
captain often stays on the bridge for
hours when there is any danger.
One of the most important places on
shipboard is at the wheel. In ordinary
weather but one man is actually at
the wheel steering.
Though one man is at the wheel
there are always two on hand. These
men are known as Quartermasters
one stands at the wheel, while the
other is at call on a moments notice
Usually the quartermaster not steer
ing is outside the pilot house within
sound of the wheelman's voice. Quar-
termasters have four hours on duty
and four hours off when the ship is at
sea.
In misty weather a special man is
detailed to blow the boats whistle at
given intervals.
Every night at dusk the third officer
and the carpenter of the ship go about
and examine the ports in the orion
deck and between decks. They submit
a report each night that they have per-
sonally examined each of these ports
and have seen them closed and prop
erly secured.
The crew assigned to each lifeboat
on board examine their boats each
night and report that they are in good
Seaworthy condition.
Each night Waterman about the ship
makes reports from time to time as to
conditions prevailing in the different
sections over which he has charge. The
ship is divided into about twelve sec
lions, on which watchmen report to
the officer on the bridge at certain in
tervals.
Each Waterman must make report
in person every hour. 1t might be said
there is a constant stream of men
pouring up to the bridge at night max
ing reports of one kind or another.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-11-10

thought he was distressed; but when
directly opposite, he descended slowly,
! feet first. He did not dive, and he was
in waters that were quiet compared
with those in the middle of the stream.
where they were being flung twenty
feet in the air. He simply disappeared,
and was no doubt drawn down by one
of those crazy rushes of water which
in this spot seem TO plunge down to
bottomless depths. I climbed the roof Of
the little photograph house. keeping my
eyes on the water. For two hundred
yards I could have seen even a chip
on the surface, but Webbs head never
appeared again, nor was the body seen
as it passed through the Whirlpool
and two days afterward it was found
near Lewiston, n. Y, seven miles
down the river.
1T was through waters somewhat
like these that Mrs. Taylor passed in
her barrel before she came to the
great falls. There is about a mile Of
rapids above the cataract, and as she
says her barrel only struck the rocks
three times on the way down, she
must have been in the deepest and
safest part. II the barrel had got into
the channel that leads to the American
fall it would have grounded a good deal
as this part is shallow, and here her
chance would have been absolutely
nil because the water that goes over
the American fall drops on rocks. The
only place where she could have de-
scended without being smashed was in
the spot she succeeded in reaching,
where the water is deep and green at
the brink ana where it drops into
water below.
The Rapids Less Terrible.
II find that many people have an
idea that those who have gone through
the Whirlpool Rapids in barrels and
boats have really been over the falls.
They don't consider. or don't know,
that the frightful trip Of Mrs. Taylor
is absolutely unique in history. I
have seen a lot of people so through
the Whirlpool Rapids in barrels, but
that, although a dreadful risk of life
and an appalling one to watch, is
mere child's play to what Mrs. Taylor
has gone through. The first experiment
1 saw was the sending down of an imi-
tation steamer built for the purpose,
with her masts and an imitation fun
mel looking very natural as did the
dummy figures of men and women
lashed to her bulwarks. She went
down first rate, stern first, but was
lucky in avoiding the worst water in
the centre of the river
1T was here the body of another
venturer was washed ashore He tried
to go through with a life preserver
dashed on him, and, although he may
not have sunk, he was drowned or
suffocated by the splash of water in
his face. Few people have seen a boat
capsize end for end. A man who had
a patent for an 'uncapsizable' boat
brought a craft like a lifeboat to the
Whirlpool Rapids to test it, From gun
vale to gunwale the boat was decked.
and it's bottom was weighted in a way
that was supposed to make it self
Fighting. 1t descended the river all
right till it came to the mountain of
water just beside where poor Webb
drew his last breath. and then it rode
head on into the central wave, climbed
high into it. and then got flung clean
over. end for end, so that it fell smash
on its decks
The Savannah morning news., 1901-11-10

water are formed, each bearing an
electrical charge. The consolidation OF
these into larger drops results in
very great increment of the potential or
the charge, since the capacity OF the
drop varies with its diameter, and the
volume of the drop with the cube OF
the diameter.
The consequence of this is that it
takes for example, eight drops CONSOLE
dated to make one of twice the dame
ter of the constitutional drops, and the
charge on the surface of the CONSOLE
dated drop will be four times as great
as that upon the surface of its ele-
ments. In this way, as the small wa
ter PARTICLES unite to form drops which
fall as rain, the potential of the charge
they carry increases until it attains
enormous volumes and the lightning
flash leaps to the surface, which may
be regarded simply as a body of very
great electrostatic capacity. This dis
charge, which is called lightning, is
apt to be more or less destructive, al
though the energy of an individual
fash is perhaps not very great
often the conditions are such that
the discharge takes on an -oscillating
character, producing violent surgings
of current. No very accurate measure
ments have been made upon the cur
rent involved, but it is taken to be of
the order of 1000 to 5000 amperes.
The electro-motive force necessary to
cause a flash a mile long is probably
several million volts, and, of course, the
power of the fash measured in watts
is very great, but its duration is cor
respondingly short.
Protection of property and life from
lightning flashes has been subject
that has entranced the attention of
natural philosophers since Franklin
sent up his historic kite. The net re-
suit of more than century of attempt
to secure protection has been the light
ming rod in its more or
less inefficient forms, and
the discovery that buildings nf
modern construction, having metallic
roofs and often metallic frames as well,
are practically immune from attack by
lightning. The total number of deaths
due to lightning in any given summer
is comparatively very small-in the ra-
ito of about one to each 200,0 900 popula-
ton in the United States.
In cities the destructive influence of
lightning is exceedingly small, although
occasional fires are caused by it, espe-
cially where gas pipes abound.
Protection Of electric circuits from
lightning has been an interesting sub
ject for research for a number of years
and several highly efficient devices
have been constructed for this purpose.
To-day lightning is little feared by
the station superintendent, and should
be very little feared by any one. The
time-honored rule that it is wisest to
keep in the open and not seek the shell
ter of trees is one which common pru-
dence dictates. Recourse to the feath-
er bed of our ancestors, however. is
no longer necessary, except to quiet
the nerves of timorous persons, while
n limo
handling steel instruments and sitting
in draughts may be utterly disregard
ed. A modern building in a city is as
nearly absolutely lightning proof and
those in it are as nearly absolutely
protected from lightning as is possible.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-11-10

he was getting his horse, was guilty
Of felony. This was at the Surrey AS
sizes in 1853. But as he was a clerk he
was delivered to the Bishop. and so
escaped a worse fate. Fraud, unfor-
tunately takes many forms, and the
present-day reports furnish many eX-
amples Quite off the ordinary lines
was the case a year ago where man
won prizes at atheletic sports by run
ming under another's name, and so get
ting an undue advantage In handicap
ping. And II was not till 1892 that II
was decided that Il was criminal TO
try 10 pick a lady's pocket. although
there was nothing IN n. In the absence
az code, the criminal law has 70 be
gathered with no little toll from mis-
cellaneous statues and a myriad OF
cases. as there Is no reason 20 suppose
that we are as yet anywhere near the
end Of the difficulties that new circum-
stances ana the Ingenuity OF lawyers
provide
The Savannah morning news., 1901-11-10

about twelve miles from any railway
station, is a monument built 1920 years
ago, bearing the inscription: The
first year Of Ecgfrith, King of the
realm" /. e.. A. D. $40. Another in
scription (Runic) on the west SIDE
says that it was set up as a STANDARD
Of Victory in Memory or Alchfritn,
lately King" (of Northumbria), VINO
played so important a part in the ms
tory OF the time. An interesting ac-
count OF the cross Is given In Bishop
Brownies work. THE Conversion OK
the Heptarchy." He says that the IN
scriptions are the earliest examples
known to be in existence Of Engllsh
literature" and looking 20 the I'M.
portance IN the history OF the worla
OF the conversion OF England. thefe
is no historical monument In thess
lands 20 compare with the bewcahtle
Cross" The shaft, as ~ stands, y =
square Pillar composed Of single pl9.h
Of gray ffeestOne ifk feet high Ihs
cross head IL gone. but when enuls
the monument must have been ao's'
n feet high
The Savannah morning news., 1901-11-10
THE LAWS DISTINCTIONS.
No Criminal Can Know That He Is
Guilty Until He Has Heard the
Arguments,
From the London News.


From the London News.
Frequently the courts have had to
decide under singular circumstances
whether the taking of human life can
be either treated as manslaughter or
excused altogether. A master might
formerly correct his servant, but if he
did it with an improper instrument and
death ensued he did not escape the
penalty for murder. Hence, a smith
who struck his servant with a piece
of hot iron and killed him was execut-
ed. In quite recent times it was held,
in the case of the yacht Mignonette,
that a shipwrecked crew may not, even
in the direst extremely, kill one of its
number to serve as food for the rest.
The law calls this murder, though no
executive could in practice retaliate
and infict the last penalty. In a diff
ferent category fall cases where death
results from an act which is merely
negligent. In the reign of Charles II.
it was held to be manslaughter where
The Savannah morning news., 1901-11-10
sKYscRAPER THE SAFEST PLACE
The Tall Office Building Not DAM
aged by Lightning.

From the Electrical Review
Without doubt lightning was the first
electrical phenomenon that was ever
observed by human beings. To this
day it remains the least known and
least understood of natural electrical
manifestations, except, perhaps, the
aurora.
There is vast deal of popular mis-
conception concerning the danger of
lightning and the nature of it. The
lightning flash is discharge from a
cloud at high potential with reference
to the earth.
When the atmosphere is charged
with water, vapor and some eddy or
current in its colder upper strata is
DETECTED downward, causing condensa-
ton and exceedingly minute drops of