The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-03-02


among the soycreigns of Europe. fol
he has actually reigned longer than his
father, the aged king OF Denmark
The famous expert. Teyssonicres, whe
examined IN lS94 the bordereau at
trlbuted to Dreyfus. has been con-
demned to pay 500 francs damages for
attributing the authorship Of an in
sulting song TO a lady who did not
write it.
Attempts will soon be made By Cali
fornia vegetable growers to put fresh
asparagus on the market in London
and III other places in Great Britain.
Il is expected that the California pro-
duct will compete with French aspara-
gus, which is sent to England in large
quantities.
A colored colony enterprise is re-
ported from Cape May N. J. An op-
uon has been secured on 800 acres
Of land near that place where It is
proposed 10 erect a sawmill and work
up what timber there is on the land
into houses and factory buildings. A
shoe factory and other industries are
projected, together with farming.
There are few people who have not
been occasionally puzzled to write Eel"
or "ie" in the words that SO represent
the sound of the long G. A very sim
pie rule, however removes an diff
Guilty If the diphshong Immediately
follows the letter it is always "ei."
as IN ceiling, conceive. etc. but when
1t follows any other letter it Is always
'ie,' as in grief, niece. friend. etc.
a Chinese banFnote. issued during
the Ming dynasty. about A. d. 1890. has
been placed in the British Museum
among the specimens Of early print
ing from China The surface OF the
note is black with age. though the
characters upon the face Of It are
quite discernihle. This is supposed to
be the earliest specimen oxtant of
hanknote issued from any country.
According to a report from Athens.
the new Cretan coins viii soon be put
into circulation They bear the head o
Prince George and include gold pieces
Of 20 and 10 francs. silver pieces Of s.
?, / and half francs. small change in
nickel Of 20. 10 and S centimes Hlth-
erfo on the island Greek. Italian and
French silver money has chiefly been
in circulation. Turkish money having
disappeared.
The tallest living man IS said to be
Lewis wilkins. who is now arousing
great interest in the scientific circles
of Europe. wilkins was born on
farm near ST. Paul Mimi. in 1874.
When he was but 10 years old he meas
ured six feet in height and now has
grown to the tremendous height Of
1914 Inches just three quarters OF an
inch less than nine feet and weighs
a6i pounds
The Wichita lKanJ Eagle saws OF
Mrs. Nation. the saloon wreckor. that. /
IN the COS Mrs Nalions husband was
running an anti-slarery paper in st
Joseph, Mo. One day Tot Of pro- I
slavery men kidnapped him and burned /
the Office for the purpose OF putting
a stop to the paper Mrs. Nation man /
agsd 10 get few cases of type ont
Of the building and succeeded in get
ting out the next edition OF the pa
per herself"
The excavatng for the drainage sys-
TEN which is being installed in the
City % Mexico. a number Of articles
were found which belonged to a period
previous to the invasion Of Cortez
Some OF The articles found were golden
ornaments with which the Aztec gods
were decorated. On the extension of
the Mexican Central railway workmen
dug out s50oe0 in gold and silver
coins, the government and the work
men sharing equally under the old law
oi treasure iroNe.
The Princess OF the Asturias eldest
sister OF King Alfonso. and whose i'm
pending marriage IS giving rise to so
much political disturbance in Spain. Is
very small and dark. and takes far
more after her father than her mother.
alike in appearance and tastes. Con-
trary to what has been published. she
shares none Of the queen regents like
ness for outdoor exercise and open-alr
pastimes. but. like a true Spanish wom-
an. prefers an indoor life. and is prone
to Incidence rather than to activity.
Replying to critics who bad called
hem -unpatriotc' because they or
Tered railway rolling-stock from the
United States instead of Great Britain.
.ertain South African builders say
nat the American manufacturers /
greed to deliver tae goods in four
md a half months whereas the prif