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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-09-23
THF MIssIssIPEl EIYER.
oueer FREAKS Of the Current which is
Easily Detected.

Queer Freaks Of the Current which is
Easily Detected.
I have been much impressed with
the importance Of small things in late
years. said an old steamboat man TO
a New Orleans Times-Dem0crat re-
porter. "and the Mississippi river has
furnished me with rather good exam
pies. ] can understand now why Cae-
sar looked out upon the Nile id such
curious amazement and offered an that
he stood for to the Egyptian priest if
be would show him the source Of that
wonderful river. But the antics Of
the Nile look like Insignificant noth-
ings TO me when compared with the
strange conduct o the stream that
oozes out Of the earth at Itasca and
hurries on It's murky and devious way
toward the Gulf Of Mexico Towns
along the Mississippi that once stood
right on the brink Of the river have
been isolated even in my day and
there are. too. all along the course Of
the stream little empires in view where
centers Of population. finally eating
the earth away and forcing the in
habitants 10 seek other quarters
There are hundreds Of these places
that are almost forgotten now. even
by the men who are constantly on the
river What brings about these vio-
lent changes along the banks Of the
river. Not floods. Il is just the ordi-
nary doings Of the stream. In the first
place the current Of the Mississippi is
wonderfully swift, and the sediment
deposited at any point where resist
ance to the flow is offered is very
great Tie a string TO the neck Of
bottle and sink it with the mouth Of
the bottle up and open II held In one
place where the iow is normal. In an
extremely short period OF time the
bottle will III with sediment Stretch
a net across the river. a net so finely
woven that nothing but the pure wa
ter Of the river can pass through, and
on account Of the rapidity Of the flow
and the greatness Of the deposit Of
sediment. almost in a twinkling the
river would be damned at that point
Experts have admitted this This
brings me to the point Of my narra-
tive. The flow Of current is frequently
interfered with BY sunken boats. per
haps by a iackstaff sticking up above
the surface The current Is diverted
by degrees. generally touching the far
side Of the stream, a mile from the
point where it again meets resistance
and Immediately begins the building
Of a sandbar. ! have seen a thousand
examples Of this sort during my ca
reer on the river, and I have known
OF instances where the root of a tree
or the mere twig OF a willow have
brought about similar conditions
These things have tended to make
riddle ont Of the river. yet the stream,
after awhile. will be handled 50 as TO
undo an that It has accomplished.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-09-23
Vices Which Today
Are Attributed
to Him

west. hating a liar, tells the truth:
having been surrounded. the game
killed exterminated uselessly-he has
no way to get a living and thinks i
only natural that the government
which took away his opportunities for
sustenance owes him food and raiment
The government says il does, ana
sends agents to look after and provide
for him. Some Of the agents former
ly accepted their places with the De-
lief that they had a right to rod the
very class that they were appointed 70
protect OF course. not all indian
agents were this way. but many OF
them were. and the Indian was blamed
because he refused to be treated with
the injustice that came from greed
the most cruel Of an injustice-and he
grumbled and fought The Indian Is
supposed to be selfish and brutal-Dy
those who do not know him There is
no human being on earth who viii
more quickly divide his last mouthful
Of food with a friend. No Indian that
ever lived would crowd a white-haired
old woman out Of the way to get on
street car first. That sort Of thing.
and everything akin to it, that is dis
courteous. may be seen among the men
OF the streets Of all cities Real men
do not do such things no more than
ali Indians DO beastly things than
those who do not know them suppose
they do. The Indian has not had the
benefit OF laundries and porcelain
baths, but he jumps into the water and
washes himself every time he has a
chance. He does not live where there
are napkins and finger bowls. and he
would not know exactly which curious
little fork 10 use for this or that. nor
the precise manner in which he should
carry a spoonful Of soup to his mouth
He has not been taught these things
Neither does he guage his neighbor's
respectability by the number Of Do-
nies the neighbor possesses. nor does
he lie awake of nights thinking over
schemes 70 win his neighbor's goods.
He thinks that one who is able TO pay
and does not do so is a worse man
than he who is not able to pay He
does not say to the former He Is all
right because he has money. though he
does not pay just debts nor practice
deeds Of charity"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-09-23

A car-refttihg company in New
York city buys old Pullman coaches
tears the inside furnishings our apd
rents them sccording to the wishes 3,
rs customsrs. Whatever kind of pri-
vate car = man may wish he NAV or
der-pazlors, handsomely carpetes
sittip1-rooms dining-rooms. sleeplna
consfartments. smoking-rooms nj
N equipment more or less perfect
according to the price. And cars are
rehtted in this way and sold for nrices
varying from $500 to $4,000 vsrv
handsome and servioeable cars have
been built from the old "castaways p
and the nan Of moderate means can
travel privately and comfortably in I
home Of his own.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-09-23


Once every seven or eight years
somebody perpetrates an ingeaioua
fraud in collegiate degrees. The vic
tins are supposed to be educated men,
but they are as easily gulled as in
nocent mossbacks. Hitherto the de-
gree most in demand has been M. D.
Every quack in the country could get
one for a few dollars. A Professor"
in Massachusetts, sold thousands some
years ago. No one ever thinks OF
asking the bearer Of honors by whom
they were conferred. The question
would look like an impertinence. The
latest victims. the reverends," are un-
deserving Of sympathy. Every ons
buying a ID. D." should be retired
from the pulpit II this thing con-
tinues shall expect to see all degree
men required to append the name Of
their university to their honora. as
Jonathan Hedwards. IL. D.. yale.
Charles Elbort Cartwright. NJ. D.. Har-
ward; the Rev. Beecher Darby Van
dyke. D. p. Princeton: Ph. D.. Coiun,
bia: D. c. l.. Cambridge; d. Lit. Or
ford, etc.-New York Press.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-09-23

bird scars IL the air 50 pure, 50 clear,
50 lonely.
1t is the one stainless element Of the
world. I know now why birds sing
Il is because they fy. and to iy is a
divine intoxication, an exaltation Of
every sense. Racing they cali the
sport Of kings. Well. if that be SO
can only say OF flying that it is the
sport Of the gods. Have not the an
gels wings? Now you can understand
how feel when half mile above fair.
glittering Paris ] am enjoying one Of
the pleasures Of paradise What a
supreme joy II will be to 60 around
the world in the air-to pass over all
the nations. 10 look upon cities to
laugh at the waters impOtent to harm
one. 10 share with the homing pigeon,
the eagle and the swallow the soYer-
eign delight Of the universei And
viii do it too will 90 round the
earth II was my boyhood's dream in
Rio de Janeiro. first imagined the
journey in the tropics. Here in the
north, If God is good. viii make It's
realization possible.
Ten years ago where were the
motors that are going by usg De Dion
and Mors and Panhard had all their
fame TO earn. Where a generation ago
We're a thousand and one accomplish
ed and necessary facts Of today? AS
these things were then. so are
aeronautics 1ow. Believe me. before
am gray you viii see fleets Of aerial
yachts beating out toward golden sun
SETS sQuadrons Of pleasure craft in the
sky. and, It may be. huge battleships
viii throw their somber shadows upon
the earth.-M. Santos Dumont In Chi
cago Chronicle
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-09-23
WILL USE ASIATIc s
AND AFRICANS IN
HER WARS

suppressing the Hungarian insurrec-
tion in l84S and Of the Sultan's action
in endeavoring to put down the rising
in Bulgaria in 1876 by means OF ir-
regular Bashi- -Bazouks, recruited from
the most barbarous portion Of his ASH
attic dominions.
Several years afterward at the time
that England seemed to be on the
verge Of war with Russia. a small con-
tingent Of Indian cavalry was brought
to Malta. which created such an out
cry and storm Of protest, even in Great
Britain. that the men were quickly
shipped back to Bombay. Their visit
to Malta. however, served to remind
Continental Europe Of the fact that
the military resources Of England
We're not restricted solely to her stand
ing army at home, and that her forces
in India must be taken into account.
This is probably all that Lord Beaeons-
field had in view when he brought the
Indian contingent to the Mediterran-
can.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-09-23

The scarcity OF platinum is begin
ming 20 cause some concern among the
electrical manufacturers Of the coun-
try. For about five years the price Of
this valuable metal has steadily risen
until today it is listed at a higher
price than ever since its discovery
and every indication points to stn
higher prices. Platinum is now
quoted at about S36 an ounce. about
twice the quotation OF gold. while five
years ago # sold as low as s. an
ounce. Since the flooding OF the plat
mum mines in the Transvaal. which
occurred after the breaking out Of the
Boer war. manufacturers have had TO
rely on Siberia for their supply Of tie
valuable metal
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-09-23

warded our research. For we have
not access TO the strata wherein we
might az least dig for its remains. The
earliest OF any kind which we have
been able TO unearth occurs in a Rid
er's Dairy for 1876. which possibly be-
longed 70 the newspaper collector. Il
is that Of a dentist We give it with
its own spelling and punctuation:
Artificial Teeth. set in so firm. as to
eat with them. and so Exact. as not to
be distinguished from natural: shey
are not TO be taken out az night as Is
by some falsely suggested. but may
be worn years together; yet they are
80 fitted, that they may be taken out
and put In by the Person that uses
them at Pleasure. and are an orna-
ment 70 the Mouth and greatly helpful
% the Speech. Also Teeth clean'd and
drawn by John Watts. Rae
Quet Court, Fleet Street Many also
are the advertisements OF losses OF
money and property through footpads
whether Il be "a lusty young fellow
who wore his own hair or "a pock
fretten man in a pair OF everlasting
Breeches." or on Wimbledon Common
"a tall man in a blue Frock and light
Bob wig On q bay Horse with a Swish
tail and lookd like a genteel galop-
ping hunter. THE Bookman
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-09-23

While NJ Santos-Dumont, the Bra
lillian. is repairing his dirigibale bal
loon IN Paris. Gustaye Whitehead. a
CQnnecucut inventor, Is bidding for
aefonautical honors. with an airship
with wings that scars like a bird. Mr.
Whitehead has made several expert
mental trips. It is claimed, with a GER
tain amount Of success dtwithout air
accident His longest 1ight up to date
was half a mile at an elevation Of 50
feet from the ground. The airship is
lcertainly a queer looking bird It acts
sas strangely as Il looks Il can run
along the ground al 30 miles an hour.
and when the operator wants TO travel
through the air all be has TO do is TO
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-09-23
FRONT VIEW on MACHINE.

bcame aplrehensive again. for many
machines at the point where the wings
are stopped do not settle horizontally,
but dive ahead OF fail tail downward
% the ground. shut on power by de-
grees. and the machine settled slowly
on a perfectly horizontal plane to the
ground. scarcely Iarring me when the
wheels struck the earth.
The best that has been done in the
past In getting motive power has been
sGen and eight pounds to the horse
power This means so much weight
that Il Is impossible for the machine
to ay. Ny entire motor power. which
includes two engines, the generator
and 2oi pounds Of calcium carbide for
fuel. which amount is sufficient for 20
hours Of Right weighs only between
four and five pounds per horsepower. p
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-09-23
RIp FoR THE so nNapoM.
Dumons wi.hs. 70 be : liarenan Of !


Dumont wishe. 70 be niagenan Of she
Air.
wish 20 be the Magellan Of the
air-the hrst cirgumnavigator of the
globe independent Of earth and water.
I would rather do that than anything
else ! can epnceive Kingdoms and
victories and gold would be nothing
beside the glory Of that deed I am
told that il IS a mad dream. that 1t Is
folly do not think s. Given a
start. a science IS developed at racing
speed in this age OF ours. so fun Of ex-
elements. Of romance. OF innumerable
interests. ! cannot endure the man OF
woman uho says thet this is a prosaic
time. Did past time ever know a thrill
comparable to that I feel soaring as a
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-09-23

mm on the ground and then turn the
power Ito the upper engine which
runs the propellers or wings. AS soon
as the big wings. which measure 26
fee. from tip TO tip. begin 20 move. the
machine rises 10 the air at an angle
Of about six degrees The machine Is
i6 feet in ieHgih and tapers TO both
ends At the stern there is q contriN-
ance similar to a birds tail This is
intended for regulating the ascent or
descent OF the machine.
The present machine weighs about
300 pounds. ID. Is rough. and when I
build my new one II viii weigh many
pounds lighter than this one Instead
OF using bamboo poles for the ribs. as
! have done ir this one. ! shall IN my
new machine use seamless steel tub
ing for the ribs and for the wings use
SIX instead 81 muslin.
Last Tuesday night I selected as
the time ts ny my machine. J had
tried her three times before with bali
last IN her and she worked all right
80 felt confident shat ] could iy
IN her
TELLS Of his Aerial Trip.
with one Of my assistants IN the
machine with me. and the other one
and the newspaper representative fol-
lowing on bicycles, ] started the ma
chine from the house out the Fairfield
Road for the liy1ng place Alons the
good pieces Of road I speeded the ma
chine mp to 20 miles an hour. but as
the wheels under her are only board
wheels and but q foot IN diameter. the
distractions in the rd4gFadt her-rook
when going at such q rate OF speed I
ern confident that with pheumatlc
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-09-23

with a stick. The little animal was
mongoose, the famous india cobra
fighter AS soon as the snake was
dead it fed to its hiding place and we
could not coax it out. If I ever felt
grateful to man or beast it was to the
little mongoose that saved my life"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-09-23

The flea that interrupts the dog tina.
is chasing the rabbit. is like the cor.
porstion that pays starvation wages 70
its men-robbing the creature fron
which It sucks its blood.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-09-23

II the surface OF the globe we're
perfectly level. water would cover II
10 the depth Of two miles.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-09-23

In the year 1900. out Of ,s5s raids On
illicit stills. 67s we're made in Georgia
which is a prohibition state except a
to four Of its cities.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-09-23

The man who is imprisoned for life
no longer breads being found out
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-09-23

An orator may spout ike a whale
and stu be only a shark"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-09-23

Early Advertisement
The discovery Of the primeval ad-
yertisement has not. Of course, re-
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-09-23

For the picture Of health--s gsoe
.rame
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1901-03-14
NEWARK.

Special Correspondence of Gazette and journal.
Newark, March 8. Aaron Baker, one
OF the oldest citizens of White Clay
Greek hundred, died suddenly Thurs
day. at public sale on the farm of
Register of Wills Calvin w. Crossan,
near here. son and daughter sur
vive him, Francis Il. Baker Of Whining
ton and Mrs. Ellis P. Crossan. Mr..
Baker was t,,-n in Edgemont township,
Delaware county, Pa, in 1917 and
moved to Delaware in lS49, where he
engaged in farming at McClellandsville.
his late home
Victor G. Willis Of Newark, who has
been pitching for the last two years
with the Boston National League base
ball club, has signed a contract to pitch
for the American League Club at
Philadelphia. II is understood that
he will receive So, 600 salary.
Samuel L. Johnston was seriously in
jured, Thursday, at Thompson's Station.
A car was being backed ON a siding at
that place, when it struck large pile
of wood, knocking it over on Johnston,
who was standing alongside the track.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1901-03-14
REWARD FOR H., {. SATTERTHWAlTE.

Chief of Police Massey Announces That
500 VIII be Paid for Information Of the
whereabouts of the Missing Man.
Chief of Police Massey today issued
a notice announcing that 800 reward
will be paid for information concerning
the whereabouts of Henry Z. Sattertb-
waite, who Disappeared from his home
in this city on February 13th.a portrait
of the missing man being printed on
the notices. The notice is as follows:
Henry j. Sstterthwaite, from Will
mington. Age, 40 years; : feet 6 inches
tall sandy hair and moustache, slightly
mixed with grey; blue eyes. He wore
when last seen, dark suit of clothes,
black satin lined oyercoat. Laundry
mark No. 9l4 ON linen. Open-face gold
watch, monogram II, E. s. on back.
Wore on his left hand an English
water tight diamond set ring.
"a reward of 500 will he paid for
information leading to his recovery,
either dead or alive. Address
Eugene Massey, Chief Of Police.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1901-03-14

The wedding of Miss Maud Hunt
Brown, daughter of the Rev. Amos r.
Brown, of Sylmar, Cecil county, Md,
to Elwood A. Reynolds, of near Ok
ford, Pa, was solemnized last Thurs
day evening at the home of the BRIDES
parents, the Rev. Harry A. 9.pWester-
fideld, pastoroof the Rising Sun Metho-
dist Episcopal Church, officiating.
Miss Mary E. Haines presided at the
organ. The bridesmaids were Miss
Mary Reynolds and Miss Yerkes, Abnor
Way, of Philadelphia, was best man,
and Miss Elmira Passmore, cousin of
the bride, was maid of honor. The
bride, who was given away by her
father, was dressed in white orgaudie
over silk, richly trimmed with Valen.
ciennes lace and taffets ribbon, with
tulle veil caught with lilies of the
valley. Miss Glady Westerield, OF
Rising Sun, was flower girl. The
ushers were Cecil j. Reynolds and
Marshall J. Brown. Guests were
present from Wilmington, Washington,
Oxford, Nottingham, Rising Sun, Elk
ton, Kennett Square, Lincoln, Phila-
delphia, Baltimore and Atlantic City.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1901-03-14
WAGE INCREASE TO STAND.

Scranton, Pa, March a. General
Superintendent Rose OF the Delaware &
Hudson Coal Co. today ordered tine
posting of notice at all the company Is
mines 10 the Laokawanna and Wyoming
Valley to the effect that the present
rate of wages paid to all mine en-
ployes will continue in force until
April, 1902.
At the office of General Superin.
tendent LOOMS Of the Delaware,
Lackswanna g. Western Co., 1t was
stated that similar notice will be
issued today, and Capt. May, general
superintendent of the Hillside Coal
and Iron Co. (the Erie railroads
mining interests), said that his COM
pany will follow the action taken by
the others.
The Pennsylvania Coal Co., and the
Onatrio & Western Railroad Co. will
also post notices the esrly part of next
week. t,
All this is taken as an Indication
that the big coal producing companies
will not be represented at the Hazleton
conference next week, and that they
are a unit in favor of letting tho
present conditions remain, thus avoid
ing the possibility of clash with the
miners over the wages question,
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1901-03-14
DEFIED HEALTH OFFICERS.

with Shotgun Prevented Them Taking His
Smallpox Stricken Child to Pest House.
Chicago, ILL.,, March 9.-Health Off
GERS who went yesterday to the horne Of
Peter Van Pelt, on State street, to take
to the pesthouse Van Pelt's daughter,
who is suffering with smallpox, were
confronted al the door with shotgun
in the hands.of Van Pelt
The latter defied the officers and
threatened to Kill them if they tried
to enter the house.
The police department was notified,
but before any action was taken the
Health Department officials decided to
postpone the removal of the child to
the isolation hospital
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1901-03-14
AGED WOMAN SERIOUSLY INJURED.
Mrs. Eliza HUM Falls While &ttomptin
to Board a Street Car. ls

Mrs. Eliza HUM Falls While Attempting
to Board Street Car.
MIS-. Eliza HUM, aged 81 years, who
resides with her daughter, Mrs. Mary
Moody of No. l0l4 Adams SIT eet, met
with painful accident Thursday at
Eighth and Market streets. She WAS
going to visit the home Of Thomss
Orr, at Ninth and Church streets, and
went to Eighth and Market streets on
car of the Delaware avenue line.
On attempting to board an East
Eighth street car she fell backward
and was rendered unconscious for q
few moments She was picked UP by
the conductor and several persons
nearby. She soon regained conscious
ness and stated her desire of going to
the home of Mrs. Orr. She was taken
to the house and assisted inside. She
again became unconscious and was
afterward taken to her home, 1t il
feared abe cannot recover.