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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-08-21

According 20 our esteemed contem-
porary. the Commercial Appeal O.
Memphis. that city is now tho lead
ing mule market oi this country.
Most persons would have given that
honor 10 New Orleans or st. Louis. Il
seems. however. that Memphis is nov
the great mule mart. the capital Of
muledom. The mule has suffered
from stale humofists. but has been
nobly rcinstated in honor IN the last
few years An animal sagacious and
patient, great % peace and in war
There Is a pile of money 80 the mule
business. and Memphis e row making
the most of it--SeT York Sun.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-08-21

NHN"N"NNN| |NNa IN ANN NUM- |NAuNa
zone thing J have found out since
coming 10 the Philippines writes a
Kansas boy. ~and that Is how 10 catch
grasshoppers and prepare them for
food The Filipinos not only make
grasshOpper pies and cakes. but they
pound them into powder and, sleeping
them in water. drink IT, There are
several methods used by the natives
for catching srasshoppers The most
effective is the net. This Is a large
butterfly net, arranged With netting
placed over a loop and to the latter Il
fixed a long handle The native takes
this handle and with the mouth Of the
net toward the grasshoppers, he rush
es forth. bagging considerable numbers
at a time. Then we have the paddle
method. which consists 10 using a long
stick. to the end Of which Is fixed a
piece OF nat wood about ten inches in
diameter. II the grasshopPers pass
over ones own property this method is
used. for then all the grasshoppers
killed by swinging this instrument
through the clouds Of grasshoppers as
they pass over are dropped 70 the
ground and can be picked up at leisure.
Another method consists IN exploding
cartridges in the midst Of the swarm.
After an effective explosion the ground
is covered with them. But this is very
expensive and Is seldom used. Grass
hopper catching IA profitable busi-
ness IN the Philippines They sell at
So a sack. never saw a native eat a
green grassshopper. but have seen
them eat the dried ones by the pocket
full The housewife in the Philippines
takes considerable delight in placing
nice grassshopper pie before you
Great care is taken in preparing them,
SO that they do not lose any Of their
form. ~ Kansas City Journal
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-08-21
0. s. COURT, Southern District
CHURCHES.

nkr1Irr cupcH Rev L compere, Pastor,
Services every Sunday a. iinm m and TAO p M
Sunday School e'ls IA. Prayer meeting wed.
nesday might
fnrsnFIrnikE cHrncH
W Leonard. Pastor.
Services every Sunday a. n am and = 30 N
Sunday school esam Prayet meeting
Wednesday night
a z cHuRcH SOUTH, Ed Cameron. Pastor.
services egey Sunday a. u m and n
Sunday School a. i0a 10, Prayer meet.
Inc every Wednesday night Epworth
League every Sunday atspm
Clair Soonefn. See. IT Aust, supi.
cnRIsrIAa cnuHon IA Stevens Pastor.
Services every Sunday a. u m and 30 m
sunday Rahooi ai 10 M Prayea meet.
ing every Wednesday night
cArHoIic cnuncA Isadore Rickiln. Pastor,
Services Everysunday a. 10 "a m aad 2 80 p m.
EPISCOPAL cnunoA JIM Wright. Pastor.
Prayer and services every Sunday At d IN
and 7opm.
CHlCKASHA POST OFFICE.
IN MILLER. POSTMASTER.
Open Sundays 10 . sm e'so 10 $50 m
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-08-21

would soon become extinct after the
manner Of Kilkenny cats The same
may be said OF most ef the apes who
are armed with long sharp teeth, al
most as formidable as the tusks Of the
boar With the exception OF the male
orang- -outang. which has an extensive
grlaly ridge round his face, and folcs
OF loose skin beneath his throat, very
few Of the qaadrumana seem % pos
sesn any mechanical means Of protec-
tion from the mnrder0us fangs OF their
fellows Among certain Of the Amer
ican monkeys as among the majority
Of mankind. the voice seems largely
70 have supplauied teeth and nails n
the settlement Of civil differences. This
Is also trns o. nost eats. where a fu-
fious duel IS productive 0f much cry,
very little wool and total absence
Of nornaae
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-08-21

Apropos Of lsfing's revival Of Corr
llanus" and tbs moderate success wnich
il met. Il related that just before
the p.1 -uc.icn 81 Henry lrviLg. Sir
Alexander Mckenzie. s~ho wrote the
music. ari Sir Alma Tadema. who de-
signed the scenerT. Vcre hcldlng g
on q stage cno aftcrncon.
A super who e'eoa near. said 20 his
ahums Three blooming knights
YES eaid thC etaef. and three
.ioomiue nistis IS about al thc bloom
ns piece siii iun ~ Chicago chronlcle
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-08-21

countrr Iifs Promotes Civilization,
Among the latest to join the ranks
OF those who think that bucolie ex-
istence Is conducive TO the best results
Of civilization is Rider Haggard. lie
a now busily employed, not In the ere
alton Of q new novel, but ia trying g
master agricultural problems. Mr
Haeeard is now living on his farm at
Buckingham. IN Norfolk, and viii
shortly start 0ut to make a tour uf
ireland and Scotland for the purpose
OF studying agricultural methods and
conditions IN those two countries A
tall. handsome FELLOW is Rider Hag-
gard. In his forty-hrst year bearded
and powerfully built. with the appear
ance OF a man capable Of doing many
years Of good work yet Mr. haggard
may be considered as anything but a
lazy man. Besides looking after his
2OO.acre farm. he Is chairman OF the
local bench Of magistrates, and at the
same time Is probably doing more lit
erary work than at any previous part
Of his career. His country house IS
an ancient, red-brlck Uncovered
structure in the Queen Anne style, sit
uated IN the center OF a large. we'll
kept lawn. close TO the banks Of the
river Wareney. which divides the
counties Of Norfolk and sunold,
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-08-21

Mandatory AFprspriatinr for schoois.
Every year increases the cost Of the
public schools & New York This
year they cost tis,si1.o0o. Next year
about rs.s3oooo VIII se demanded bv
re Beard oi Eduoation. on this
amount lis.15t 900 win te mandatory
under tie Davis an.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-08-21
IN THE ODD CORNER.
QUEER AND CURIOUS THINGS
AND EVENTS

The Mama Of ihs DESERT msntionsd Ia
the bible 4 Declared By sclsaune
Msn 20 Have Bsen the Iichsn known
As Lsoanora Essuients.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-08-21

A creed may be either a compass or
a strait-jacket.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-04-05
The Typical bad Man."

A Scotchman in the Far West. pre-
viously disappointed in not finding the
typical bad man" whom he supposed
TO be the common product Of the
country. says w II. Lyman in the
Atlantic, suddenly encountered his
man on a steamboat. There he was
sure enougn-ferociou mus,aches.
cowboy hat. fringed "shapps," buck
skin coat. gun" in belt. vitriolic breath
and all strictly according 10 Bret
Harte. our Scotchman gaZed upon
this Western type" some time. and
az last ventured 10 interrogate him.
The bad man" as soon as he heard
the Caledonian tones. leaned over
conhdentially and exclaimed, "lloot.
mon. I'm jast cot from Inverness" IL
was another Scotchman on n Western
steamboat, who. seeing n man NJ the
table distinguishing himself hy his
horrible voracity and greed, was re-.
marking To his American neighbor.
There, Just look AZ that specimen
of the West. We never see n thing
like that in Scotland" when the
specimen" suddenly shouted. Iii,
waiter, hae ye ony mair FASH The
writer was once told 10y delightful
man OF Hartford about going into n
hotel in California town, when n
gigantic Western rutiian" stumped
up to the register. and on discovering
his name, Numbered out, Where is
that man from ConnecticutT our
friend, though expecting that he
would NJ least have To treat the crowd
and probably get shot through his
hat, AT last timidly acknowledged his
identity, when the giant bore down on
him with broad grin and extended
hand. oXclaimm-, shake. pard, I'm
from Connecticut myself"
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-04-05
WINTER WHEAT IN GOOD SHAPE
reports Generally Favorable, Though the
Fly Has Caused Some Damage.

New York City.-Reports from the
branches and n large number of cor
respondents OF II. c. Dun n Co., in
the winter wheat belt, show the con
dtion Of the growing grain 10 bc gen
orally favorable The best reports
come from the Southwest. In Mis-
souri, the grain has wintered well and
n large yield is expected. In Kansas.
Oklahoma and the Panhandle Of Tex
as there is a considerable increase I'm
acreage and the condition Of the grain
was never better: wet weather has pre-
vented damage by the fly.
In Ohio, Kentucky. Indiana and II.
linois the average Is reduced owing
10 partial failure last year. and the
mild winter in some sections has been
unfavorable. Fears are expressed In
some quarters that the ravagc Of the
Hessian fly will be serious. especially
II the present dry weather continues.
In scattered sections OF Illinois. Ken
tucky and Tennessee the grain was
winter killed and farmers are plough
ing il under.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-04-05
Influence of the Automobile. /.

1t is not impossible that the time
will come when horses will no longer
he permitted on city streets. With
animal traction abolished. household
labors viii Ice lirnteued 10y less dust
the streets viii bc cleaner and dis
ease diminished thereby, inasmuch as
IL is in the surface layers of dust,
those most easily stirred and set In
motion 10y the horses hoofs that germs
most abound. With the exit of horses,
stables will no longer be required, and
flies. bereft of their breeding places
will cease To convey typhoid germs
throughout the land. Neither flies nor
street dust will then 0e the purveyors
of microbes for fruit stands and pro
vision counters. With the general use
Of wide, pueumatictired. silent auto
mobiles. the din of city noises will be
iesscned. wcaricd nerves will rest, and
so life will be prolonged A.
Booth, in Good Housekeeping.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-04-05
OUR ADOPTED ISLANDS,

The son OF former Congressman
Crowley was arrested in San Juan
Porto Rico, in connection with alleged
postal frauds.
Governor Allen appointed siSty-eicht
Police Judges and established a new
code for the District Courts of Porto
Rico.
More emigrants sailed from Porto
Rico for Hawaii. 400 for Cuba and
1000 are under contract TO go TO Ecua-
dor.
Five members of the Mando- Ducat
secret society in the Philippines were
sentenced TO death
The Philippines Commission sailed
from Iloilo for Sulu to confer with the
Sultan.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-04-05
DOMESTIC.

one razor served 10 XIII Christian
LEX and Jacob Mooth, at Mayville.
Mich, Mooth being the murderer and
suicide.
Joseph A. Colin. n New York post.
office clerk. concerned in stealing S43.
600 in registered mail, got four years
in Sing Sing.
The Grand Jury handed up five in
dictments as the result OF the demoli-
tiOn of the isolation hospital at
Orange. y. j., by mob violence three
weeks ago.
The Women's University Club Of
New York refused TO admit women
physicians as members.
Smallpox is bothering the health au-
thoritles Of st. Joseph, Mo.
The skin Of Farmer Frank Krip-
plinger, of Bluffton, Ind, is turning
black.
Discoveries Of oil wells in Fountain
Valley, Colorado. have temporarily
overshadowed gold speculation and
caused n rush 10 file claims.
Near Six Mile. W Va. Charles Cors
shot and killed n Seven-year-old son
Of John Hogan because some one
stoned his horse.
The flow in the second gushcr Of
the Beaumont (TexasJ oil well is 10000
barrels.
-Four men were arrested NJ Thorn
vile, Ohio, suspected OF burglarizing
the Somerset Bank.
4 million-dollar mauseloum as an
Abraham Lincoln memorial is project
ed for Springfield, III.
New trials were ordered in the cases
Of two OF the men convicted and SEN
fenced TO life Imprisonment in connec-
ton with the Goebel murder in Ken
lucky.
Corporal Harry X. Yeakley. Forty
third Battery Of Coast Artillery. who
had been physician at Winchester.
Va. committed suicide At New Lon
don, Conn, by drinking wood alcohol
Although no date has yet been set
for the launching of the battleship
Maine, now in process of construction
at the Cramp Ship Yards. in Philadel-
phia, ii will take place in few weeks.
Members Of the Woman's Sabbath
Alliance, at New York City, inveighed
against compulsory Sabbath desecra-
ton at colleges.
1t was said that the Rogers Locomo-
tive Works, at Paterson. n. j.. were
sold to syndicate headed by August
Belmont.
The Minnesota State Senate defeat
ed an Anti-CiCarctte bill and there
were rumOrs OF n Doodle fund supplied
by cigarette manufacturers.
The village Of Sing Sing. y. y. gave
mp its name for that Of Ossininc, an
Indian Chief Of the seventeenth cen
tury.
John Keith, aged ninety hine years.
at Upper Sandusky. Ohio. chokcd
while eating and died two hours later.
Fire, started 10y a stroke Of light
ming, destroyed 81. Andrews Roman
Catholic Cathedral. at Grand Rapids.
Mich. Loss, $4,000; ipSurs"ce, 500
600.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-04-05
THE NEWS ePlrCMlZED
wAsHINGToN ITEMS.

Secretary Gage reduced his estimate
OF the surplus on June so from $50
100000 10 10000 600.
President Mckinley appointed dele
gates 10 the Pan-American Congress
and members Of the ST. Louis Worlds
Fair Commission.
Three million acres Of public land in
the kiowa Indian Reservation may
be opened 10 settlers under 4 Govern
ment lottery plan.
Republican National Headquarters
AZ Washington Were closed.
Charles Momm. thirty-two years old.
OF the Patent Office. committed suicide
10y shooting himself in the head. Sick
ness had unbalanced his mind.
The capture Of Aguinaldo gave great
satisfaction 10 President Mckinley
and members Of the Cabinet. who con
slider il the final blow 10 organized in
surrection in the Philippines.
Secretary Root and Adjutant- Gener-
al Corbin expect TO visit the Philip
pines in the summer for the purpose
Of personally studying the military
situation.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-04-05

\ London Snowman had an an
nounCcmcnt stating:
Come and see the great sawed
fish"
\ learned gentleman read ii, and
Informed the Snowman that lac had
made mistake In the word sawed
that il ought 10 bc sword
"Yer'd better come in an see fer
ycrsclf; the hadmission is only "A
tupponcc sir" said the Snowman.
SO the learned gentleman paid his
.'tuppencc, went in. and was shown
large Goldfish sawn in half.
Yer amt the fust gentleman wOt
has tried 30 teach me 'ow To spell;
but tell yer I've 'ad n good eddica-
ton. an I'm runnin this show just
to prove to people ave" grlnned the
Snowman.
The learned gentleman left. deeply
indignant with the world I'm general
and the Snowman in particular.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-04-05
FOREIGN.

a strong earthquake shock was felt
at Constantinople, Turkey.
The steamer Paris. OF coast line.
foundered of Northumberland, drown
ing nine OF the crew.
1t is believed in London that Mr..
Balfour will shortly succeed Lord
Salisbury as Prime Minister Of Great
Britain.
Much misery is being caused AZ Mar
seilles. France. by the prolongation of
the strike. The industrial losses have
been enormous.
The wife Of Captain Won Tungeln.
an army officer stationed AZ Luene-
burg. Germany. while in n III Of mel
ancholy. killed her three little daugh.
teTs and then poisoned herself.
Nine. de Gallifet. wife Of the former
French Minister Of War. died nj Paris.
Russian students sent sentences Of
death 20 the War and Interior Minis
tcrs az ST Petersburg.
Mrs. William Cowan. aged sixty.
eight. was found murdered in her
home at Gait Ont; robbery was the
motive.
ulff BuAE EdIlth IfNhlutlOIl-Ls were
condemned 20 death 3t SalouiCa.
Lord Lansdowne the British For
ei-n Secretary. stated in the House Of
Lords that both Great Britain and
Germany had warned China against
making separate agreements with other
Powers Involving territorial conditions
French troops killed FCdi Kabbas
the old slave trader. killed or wound
cd 80 Of his followers. and took Efty
prisoners on the west coast Of Africa.
Records Of Egyptian kings who ruled
before the FIRST dynasty. 1870 y. G..
were found in AbydOs
The bubonic plague is reported e
be spreading az Cape Town South
Africa. and In India
The Russian Government decided .,
adopt more lenient measures ln the
cases Of students charged with riot.
Arthur Chamberlain. son of the
British Colonial Secretary. received ar
award of $1,000 damages in a suit fOI
libel against the London Star
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-04-05

You ought 20 have known that
when YOU ceased 70 be regular in your
courses, and you grew irritable with
out cause. that there was serious
trouble somewhere.
You ought 20 know that indigestion,
exhaustion. womb displacements,
tainting, dizziness, headache, ID
backache send the nerves wild with
alright. and you cannot sleep.
Mrs. Hartley, Of POI w. Congress St,
Chicago. III. whose portrait we pub
hsh. suffered all these agonies, and
was entirely cured by Lydia f. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound her case
should be a warning 20 others, and
her cure carry conviction 70 the minds
OF every suffering woman OF the IN
falling efficiency of Lydia Z. Pinkham
Vegetable Compound.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-04-05

The real estate investor should not lose
sight Of the fact that the southern states pre-
sent 70 the investing public the most favorable
opportunities. NJ section offers as desirable
and at the same time a. cheap lands and lots /:
values IN the South are below their intrinsic
worth. This condition willnot last many years
The Southern Railway Company has been car
rying on most active educational campaign.
and through its efforts thousands of Northern
people are being informed regarding the south.
We have grand country IL Is capable Of sus-
tanning much greater population when th'
lands are all properly utilized. We will do II
larger business and this will naturally follow
The success OF our pagons. Hence We do no;
fuggest that homeseckcrr come South for other
reaso n than 10 meet with the greatest pros
perliy. We want no failures We want every
customer 20 secure the best our territory uffors.
Our purpose and aim is truly honest For
free literature write NJ 4. HAYS. Agt Land
and Industrial Dept. Southern Railway. 22s
Washington St, ostou, Mass. or NJ. V. Rich
ards. Land and Industrial Agt., Southern
Railway, Washington. II. c.
A fire has been raging in a rich Pennsyl.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-04-05
WOMEN NUST SLEEP.
Avoid Nervous Prostration.

II you are dangerously sick what is
the first duty of your physician lie
uuiets the nervous system, he deadens
the pain, and you sleep well.
Friends ask what is the cause
and the answer comes IN plying
tones. nervous prostration. 1T came
upon you so quietly in the beginning,
that you were not alarmed, and when
sleep deserted you night after night
until your eyes fairly burned in the
darkness. then you tossed in nervous
agony praying for sleep.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-04-05
where yioiets Come From.

Dr. Il. r Galloway, of the Depart.
mcnt Of Agriculture. says that the
great violet growing centre Of the
country Is the vicinity of Poughkccp-
sic. All violets from that district
find n ready market in New York City,
the flowers generally bringing thc rails
crs less than cent each. The aver
age yield of n single plant Is fifty flow.
crs year. and with good care hun.
dred may be obtained.
In the Virginia violet farms. after
lie young offshoots have been trans.
planted into open frames. rolling
wooden screens are used on the top of
the frames 10 regulate the amount o..
sunshine which shall bc admitted 10
the plants.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-04-05

Lucas COUNTY. &C.
FRANZ j. CHENEY makes oath that he is tht
senior partner OF the firm Of +. J. CHENEY Il
Co. doing business inthe CITY ofTolcdo. County
ana state aforesaid. and that said firm will pay
Tho sum Of oNE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each
and every case of CATARRH that cannot be
cured by the use OF Halls CATARRH CURE.
FRAME J. CHESEY.
Sworn 20 before me and subscribed in my
,-,--l presence, this 9th day Of December
; sIAL 4. D., 1856 4. W. GLEASON.
Notary PUbLe.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and
acts directly on the blood and mucous surface
Of the system. Send for testimonials. free.
i. J. CHENEY 4 Co., Toledo, o
Sold by Druggists 7jc.
Halls Family Pills aye The best
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-04-05
Chile Buys American Steer Rails.

United States Consul Caples. Of Val
paraiso. Chile. reports TO the State
Department ms an instance Of the in
creasing trade in railway material be-
tween the United States and Chile,
that the Plttsburg branch OF the Car
negie Steel Company has sold 10000
tons Of steel rails 20 the Chilean Gov
eminent, TO be delivered in the near
fufura
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-04-05
Big Alabama Coal Output.

The output Of the Alabama coal
mines for the year 1900. according q
the State Mine Inspector. was q. 400.
90 tons. an increase 81 nearly 1000
60 tons over the previous year. II 10
estimated that the output for this yea
will reach 100000 tons.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-04-05
Chars and Innurnce.

Every man has q good or bad char
acter. So every man las : good or had
influence. II is the character Of a
man coming 10 The surface that makes
his influence over o,hers.-Lutheran
Observer.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-04-05
Scotch st.eImak.r, on IN. D.fep...

The Scottish and North Of England
steelmakers are negotiating with the
object Of sustaining the present prices
with a view Of competition with the
American steel trust. The Scotch
steelmakers claim 20 have full ord
gre
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-04-05
stenn.hIr cornbln. VIII Ihlrtr y....l.

The Red Cross Line and the Booth
Steamship Company running a steam
ship service between New York CITY
and ports in Northern Brazil. have
combined The two companies haV
about thirty vessels
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-04-05

Mcssrs William Keyser. William Wild.
man and Francis W jerks have offered
20 give the Johns Hopkins University
new site on the condition that Al .OOO. 800
be collected for the university The pro
posed site ~ some 10 acres IN extent. and
j. valued at $3.50 600 II D. ~ the northern
part Of the city Of Baltimore, and ~ well
adapted for the purposes oi the university.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-04-05

The New York Pres asserts that the
beautiful golden spOnges which are ped-
died about the streets a. the metropolis
are the cast-Of stock of the hospitals
The second hand spOnges are washed N
arsenic. which glves them an unnaturally
brilliant color The peddlers sell them for
about ous-ffts - sbSLs ~ Lev sponges
would na-t.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-04-05
TOBACCO.

Domestic cigar leaf continues dull SUI
matra tobacco shows little real activity.
Havana tobacco is quiet, but firm. West
ern tobacco continues duh, but there IS no
weakness IN prices.