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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-02-08
MANLY RETALIATION.
Heres Little story with a Very Large
Moral.

Heres a Little story with Very Large
Moral.
A few weeks ago. a lady accom-
panied by sturdy boy was seen 10
stand before a famous painting in a
European art gallery ltrepresented
the dying Richelieu, with a face as
cold and hard as in the days OF bis
strength, a soul OF steel 10 a body Of
ice. lying ia his barge, scarcely strong
enough to move; while towed behind
in another boat were the two state
prisoners Cinq Mars aud Dc Thou,
whom he was dragging TO their exc
cutiOn.
1T is picture Of revenge, the
lady said, in reply 20 the questions
OF the boy Il would not be that
Richelieu for all the satisfaction this
world can give. No passion CT the
human heart promises so much as re-
venge and pays 50 little"
A gentleman near by overheard the
remark. He 70 C suddenly TO h S
feet. and walked nervously down the
hall. Two years before he had been
grleYOusly wronged by q neighl or,
and now revenge was within his
reach. AT that time he had begun
building a house, and when the walls
were Up and the framing Of the roof
in place, he was informed by the man
who owned the adjoining property
that the new house was six inches on
his land
The gentleman offered to pay hand
somely Tor the few inches that he had
built upon by mistake. The owner
refused 10 sell. lie said that his
plans were made for occupying the
whole lot and for no consideration
would he part with the six inches.
The gentleman cuuld do nothing
else than tear down the encroaching
side % his house. This was done,
and the wall moved back twelve
inches instead or six.
A year later the owner OF the
neighboring property erected his
house, and placed his wall just against
that Ok the finished building. OF
course this wall was then on the land
OF the nISt builder who Intended
making no refnonstrancc until the
house was finished, furnished, and
occupied.
This very day the work was CON-
pletcd aud he mad stopped in the
quiet OF the art gallery 20 spend the
hour before his intended call.
The wOman's words about tie pic
ture. meant for the ears OF her child
alone, stirred the latent manliness Of
the man. Il would not Be that
Richelieu FOR an the satisfaction this
word can give be repeated over
and over % himself rs he hurried into
the outside air.
Nevertheless he made his intended
visit. and informed the 0bdurato man
why hC had come The victim was
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-02-08
RUsnNs EXPERIMENTS"
Some Were Rather Expensive, But All
Were Instructive.

were Auttf uctlffs
Ruskin's father left him half a
dozen houses in Marylebone, one Of
the wealthy districts of London, but
one which contains also many poor
people. Ruskin thought that If he
accepted his rents he ought to be
good landlord. / ents in that loca
tiOn paid the landlords twelve per
cent on their capital lie was con-
tented with five In return he cared
for his tenants, and gave them habi-
table dwellings, recreation, and long
leases.
One Of his experiments" was a
tea-store. He had written so much
about the possibility OF carving on
honest retail trade that he felt bound
to prove that il was practicable.
Adulterated tea of the most per-
nicious quality was sold TO the Lon
don poor huskln opened a corner
tea-store in Marylebone In which to
sell the unadulterated leaf 10 all
corners.
No advertisements, no self-recom-
mendat on. no catch-Eenny tricks Of
trade were allowed. The only at
traction to draw in customers was
the window decked " tn fine old
china brought from Italy Art alone
should aid business The business
prospered with legitimate, not extor-
tionate. profits.
Ruskn believed that cleanliness is
indeed next TO gOdliness He ad-
vanced from Lord Bacon's idea, that
reverence 20 God begOt cleanliness OF
body, to the assertion that the
speedy ABOLITION OF all abolishabIe
filth is the first process OF education. T"
He exempllhed his idea by undertake
ing to keep certain streets, between
the British Museum and St Giles'S
cleaner than the puDlic seemed to
care for,
The work began by Ruskin's TAX.
ing the broom for a start, and by his
putting on his own garder er as a fore
man over three sweepers These
swept for eight hours daily to show
a bit Of our London streets kept as
clean as the deck OF a ship OF the
line
The idealist OF the nineteenth cent
ury did h best to show Londoners-
slightly to change good George Her
bert's lines-that he
Who sweeps a strest as for Thy laws
Makes that aud tn action fine
Then this most impractical man,
who wanted TO be the guide Of those
''wo Tia having in any way-of temper
to make good growth Of, " said to The
undergraduates OF oxford, "Dig."
He had not eel a very bad bit OF
road not far from the macadamized
streets Of the university town. 1t
was nobody's business TO mend IL, and
carts and pedestrians were constantly
tcmired. He sent for his gardener
Downs the foreman OF the street.
sWeepeTs, laid in a stock OF picks and
shOveis took lessUns In stone break
ing himself, and then called on the
oxford students TO spend their recrea-
ti0n times in doing something useful
by mending the bad road
They responded. Picks were
broken, ana time was lost sufficient
TO make a regular contractor tear his
hair but the farmers had good road,
and the students learned a good les
son in the art Of helping those who
do not help themselves
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-02-08
IT WENT IN MISSOURI.
The Judge Thought Bible Laws Were Good
Enough.

The Judge Thought Bible Laws Were Good
Enough.
In the early days OF interior Mis-
souri, the late Judge E. cut cord
wood, cleared up his homestead farm
and was employed upon one side OF
nearly every case that came up being
for some years the only lawyer in the
county.
He had no books except an 0'd
leather covered Bible ard an old vol
ume or two OF history similarly bound,
but bad read law a short time in Ken
tuckY in his youth. He was very
small and Insignificant in appearance.
but became before his death a splen-
did lawyer and honored Judge
A young attorney from the East
settled in the little country town
with his library OF about half dozen
new and handsomely bound law books,
and on his first appearance Ia a case
he brought most Of bis library TO the
Justices oilice in a lne, beautifully
fowered carpet bag, popular 10 that
day E. was engaged against
him, aud as usual had not a book.
When his adversary carefully drew
his library from the pretty carpet
bag and laid them on the table E.
looked aStonished. but quickly re-
covered bis ready resources and asked
the Justice 10 excu him foI a few
moments re hurried to his home
stead. half q mile OF SO away and put
his old leather bound Bible and his
tories into a grain sack and brought
them to court imitat az his opponent
in la ing them before him on the
table
The evidence was introduced and
the Eastern man. being for the
plaintiff, made the opening argument
and read at length from his text
books E. made his character
istc speech in reply, closing by read
ing law from his Old Bible just the
reverse OF that read b bis opponent
and took bis seat, putting his Bible
on the table
Ills adversary reached over ard
PICKED IL up, and seeing what 10 was,
eagerly addressed the Justice
sslour Honor said he. 'this man
is a humbug and Dcttifogger Whr.
sir. that is the Bibe from which he
has pretended 60 read law
The old Justice locked indignant
and intcrrupting the sodng attorne
said
set down. durn in What better
law can we git than the Blbles" De
then decided th. case in favor of the
defendant -Grccn a.
So LONG as man puts his wife Ia
all the air castles be lr..is q does
not complain st IIfII1 with him iH
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-02-08

A story going the rounds is one
told OF the famous Count d'Orsay.
On the occasion OF bis drst ; llsit 70
England, while he was very young.
very handsome. and not easily dis.
concerted, he chanced 20 be seated at
dinner next 10 the brilliant and
singular Lady Holland.
That renal kable and many-s'ded
woman was ia, as il happened, one
OF her imperious hum0rs, and her
young neighbor soon felt rs weight
She dropped her napkin; the Count
picked it up gallanty, then her fan,
then her fork. then her glass. and
as often her ncighbor stopped ana
restored the lost article At last
however, the patience OF the youth
gave way. and on her dropping her
napkin again. he turned and called
one or the fo0smen behind him. ''Put
my plate On the loor said he II
will duish ms dinner there it viii be
SO much more convenient TO my
Lady Holland New FORK Times
anrtrr &. lfiy. .s,~,ls~t.-- d. ...-,
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-02-08
NO STANDARD YARDsTlcN

The Federal Governments Tried 70 Get an
Accurate Copy Of the British Measure.
E.0m time immem0rial it has been
the custom Of nations municipalities
or tradesmen's guilds TO keep sacred
ly guarded, after the adoption Of
units Of length, weight OF volume.
actual standards OF the same, to be
used in comparison and for the set
tlement Of disputes
Following this idea, when the
beautiful old City Hall was erected.
the municipality ordered cut in the
stone work Of the corridor leading to
the Mayors Office standards Of length
then in use III the city, These are
inscribed federal standard. Eng
lish standard" and Amsterdam
standard. Oddly enough, at the
time no federal standard had been
adopted, and so the words remain
only to this day to mark a blank
space The two Others are specified
in full.
AS a matter OF fact, it is extremely
debatable If the United States has
even to this day an actual standard
Of length that can be relied upon.
This peculiar state of affairs arises
from the following facts The yard,
as it is termed, and as is well known,
is represented TO be the length or The
arm Of king Henry J. Of England,
taken by his express order in 1920
The original measure was kept at
the Exchequer in London for many
centuries. At some time OF other IL
sustained a fracture, and when ex-
amined by a royal commission in l742
the following report OF the standard
was returned;-''A kitchen poker
tiled at both ends would make as
! good a standard II has been broken
and then repaired 50 cumsily that
the joint is nearly as loose as a pair
of tongs
For the uses OF the British Govern
ment an accurate copy Of this arbi-
trarg, clumsy, broken unit was pre-
pared in ] 60, and this copy by act
of Parliament ia 1874, was made the
'1egal and actual standard Of length.
At the same time 1t was ordered,
that If destroyed it should be re-
stored by a comparison with the
length Of the pendulum that in
acuum and at the level Of the mid
tide under the latitude Of London
yib ates seconds of mean time.
In 1855 the standard copy was de-
stroyed by the great FIRE which de-
molshcd the Parliament House.
Then attempts we're made to dnd
the true length Of the yard by the
means of the pendulum, as already
arranged This method, however,
proved utterly impracticablc, and 50
the English Government was COM
pelled 10 make use Of such copies Of
the DESTROYED yard measure as they
supposed we're reliable.
With a full knowledge OF these
facts possessed by the United States
6OYerrment 1t seems surprising that
they should not only be unwlse
enough TO adopt the absurd English
standard. In defiance TO the then ex-
isting and consistent French or
metric system, but also thai they
should employ special messenger 70
90 abroad to secure a copy OF the
ridiculous measure from an English
instrument maker This was done,
however, for the use OF the Coast
Survey TrOuqhton. Of London,
agreed to furnish the standard and
certified TO its absolute correctness
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-02-08

A romantic incident that IS told in
connection with the visit Of the Sui
tan OF Johorc has given rise to much
comment IN Carlsbad, remarks a
BANGKOK (Siam paper "rhe Sui
tan's nephew, who accompanied him
on his visit to Europe fell in love
during his previous visit to Carlsbad
two years ago, after the death OF his
wife, with the daughter OF a local
locksmith, who was famed in the dis
trict for her beauty. The nephew in
trUduced the iecSsmith's daughter to
the Sultan, who consented TO Their
hetrothal After their marriage the
young couple will return 10 J0hore. y
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-02-08

speechless with rage. ard waited for
the doom he expected 70 hear IN
stead, the gentleman handed him a
deed to the six inches Of ground, say
ing:
Il have no wish that you should
be put 10 any expense; ! make you
present Of that six-inch strip, -
Youths Companion.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-02-08

A story Is told OF the FIRST white
woman who ourneyed through New
Mexico She WAS the wife of a Ger
man on his way 10 the mining re-
giOns To seek his fortune. As the
first white woman whom the savages
had ever seen. she naturally made
great impression b her comelness
Seyera Of the principal chiefs fol-
lowed the train Of wagons for some
days for the priyile OF gazing on
the Woman's beautiful white face.
One OF them a Comanche chief, ez-
pressed a wish 70 buy the white
sluaw.
"9Ow much you take?" he asked
the German, pointing 20 his wife.
"My wife is not for sale" replied
the German, suDposing that the mat
ter was only joke.
.'Me give two buffalo skins, said
the savage, 10 ON that seemed a
price not 20 be refused.
mo. retorted the German, more
seriously.
"Mc give three" said the chief.
good SIX rs. %
Then the white man peremptOrily
refus5i the offer, and ordered the In
dian 10 be gone. IL is said that the
German felt somewhat ANXIOUS lest
his '.better halt" should be stolen
from him. and he declared that II he
succeeded IN getting to Santa Fe
with her he would never again run
such a risk, or give an Indian a
chance TO tempt him with three buf-
faln cffnQ
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-02-08

A great many versions have been
given as 10 how Gen. Lew Wallace
came TO write Ben Hur The Gen.
eral is the best authority on the sub
iect and this IS what he said the
other day 10 New York City: ~
just sat down and wrote 'Ren Huri
and that is all. / had no vision, no
dream, and was urged 10 do IL BY no
necr0mantic or romantic inspiration.
Nv intention at first was 10 make a
serial story and it grew into a novel.
and have not regretted it am
now 81 years old, but I shall not rest
You see, / have become so accus-
toned to work that cannot quit It. p
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-02-08

A Traveller in the Malay Peninsula
says that the natives have 10 use
there the smallest coin in the world.
It Is a wafer made from the resin us
juice of tree. and its value IS esti-
mated 70 be i-ia00oth 0f a penny
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-02-08
Walter Besant's Idea About Busi-
ness Women.

ness Women.
Walter Besant is a good deal OF a
Philistlne on the subject OF women
In business THE drst effect Of
woman's labor, he wrote in a com
municatlOn 10 London paper the
other day "is TO send down mems
wages that is, In fact, TO reduce the
civil. alton OF every workingman's
house throughout the country / 90
farther. I say that the first effect is
10 send the men out Of the country.
Next work certainly throws women
out Of their natural position. which
is TO depend on men and make them
happy in return. Every woman GER
taiuly possesses an undOubted right
70 Join the ranks OF labOr-whcr, as
happens with one in a million, a
woman Is a genius She cannot choose
but work; Il is laid upon her. That
the average woman should choose de-
liberately 10 enter the labor market
seems 70 me disastrous 10 the cum
munity and miserable for herself
That she should have no choice In
the matter, owing % existing social
arrangements is still more disastrous
IN my humble opinion. both 70 the
community and TO herseif.n
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-02-08
Princess Marie and the Duke oi
Orleans.

Orleans.
The real object Of the sudden
Journey OF the Count OF Paris and OF
his eldest son to Copenhagen during
the recent stay there Of the soyereigns
OF Greece and nussia was connected
with the project for betrothing the
Duke Of Orleans to Princess Marie Of
Greece, the eldest surviving daughter
OF King George and whose name has
been so frequently ment oned as
possible bride for the czarowitz bY
people ignorant OF the fact that the
Greek Church prohibits in the most
strict manner marriages between first
cousins, and the King OF Greece Is a
brother OF the czarina. 1t seems that
while at Copenhagen the Duke Of
Orleans took the Princess into dinner
every day at Frcdensborg, and was
constantly seen walking about with
her 10 the garden. From a financial
point Of view the match would be a
singularly advantageous one for the
Princess. since the Duke OF Orleans
will in course of time inherit the vast
wealth OF his father. the Count Of
Paris aud Of his mother, who is the
principal heir OF the late Duke or
Montpensier The Gar, however, is
alleged 10 be opposed to the match
on account OF the fast mode OF
life OF the young Duke and the
scandals connected With his stay at
St Petersburg a couple Of year ago,
when he behaved on one occasion in
such a manner at the opera as to lead
the Car to command his with
drawaL
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-02-08

SCHOOLS are constantly on the in
crease. and the number of children
on the decrease
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-02-08

So long as man puts his wiie in
all the air castles he lg.iis % does
not complain al living with h.m rs
a house whose shirEics iot the uia
through
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-09-11
Fin Hestbetle Girl. BY Dsns Ds soi.-

TITLE ELDRED.
three feet after
the
a jumping
That sheep and that jumping
% @ fs R n9Te @ RO P n Hh hdeh %
5 Little Eldreds mesbeF
Edd satisfactory Way of making up for all
her Eds mother enhroidsry
idTed gif
If at properties
that Eidred listens to fary aes and s them FAIRIES exist
81
beautiful sentin7 are more vana5e chill
books stuffed
to imagine to haves sentiment Ito love, ~ ~ M
with RoT sins that Gns may deceive ehdrsn by hng the Their minds
h E ae for t s6nse written FOR them that deee
NJ Verne H @ hp that one 1qsy 80 to the moon IN shell because
OF % "a Xehes work Is Without truth therefore without beauty
lions al that gives the SILVER of the beautiful Alas society is
It is impossible to without
CONTRARY that it W p her against vulgar faults and eas eTrops
She the that little and
1 sne' 'Feo mas turned ne as"0n e
was s Baa for her Rus 2 and & In RgR 9Rs
The admirable is ball
held the dover
o9s old idol How are you to guard her aesthetic ssHss asked dre
s4 sd that 5 will pot her hsSs @ @ % teach her to
out that Rs s % a s sss ss
gift alive pan
s @ ' she @ incapaS
thing that Eldred
ar The mot s whT ne e0d mat 81 @
feel sure N advance that dred VIII not give to her mother the trouble
They years
Pufuiy my
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-09-11
EMMA GOLDMAN.

QUIET DEMURE .IoUsE-LIKE LITTLE WOMAN neatly gabed
a wearing gdbd having appearance
somewhat under forty years of age
that is Emma Goldman private life.
Widye with disheved hair foeous shwOlf with foaming
a'h and snpp fang spreading broadcast the hydophb of anarchy
that is Emma Goodman before ana audience.
The Goldman invariably
prised i his FIRST impression gained in private Women anarchists
Pictures spur1ed
with bloodot eyes and coarse hair tossing ldy in the wind It
requires but slight stretch of imagination the Fu of the Greek
scarcely surpassed
Lucy Parsons and Emma Goldman. the anarchists today who
have striving for the sluggish blood of the lower
classes in America deeds vile those melted by Louise Michel
husband Parsons,
hanged inspiring the throwing of the fatal bomb in the
ayare riots in Chicago in 1856 His wife was vunt anarchist
fury irrepresbe
has spent Ter days end nights hrng for and has than
been arrested because she refused her demands for
Goldman anarchist for the
mere love Of being al anris She seems to glory in thoughts Of crime
Ct paentage, has particular
classes Her Germans
ever for she subtle spell the of all naonaes
IS exmphe by her sor zogosz The Pole She the idol of
the anarchists who follow her advice implicitly than that Of
Miss Goldman makes
spends most Of her time travelling about the occurring She makes
drnkfo Emma is lover of the aubeoored
She breaches the a ready
she seeks gather together Before audience
starts IN with comparative moderation Warming her subject she
aes with show Of deep feeling the of the classes
and then gradually works TO tempest of passion where she shek
her audiences with her. and her meetings frequently result in turbulent
aware Chicago police Goldans power over
The ignorant that officers invariably
meetings addressed by her Parsons At
the police break the This
tho practice by tie anarchists of holding
o gi full to their feelings
While broad
of certain kri Of intelligence Conversation
limited that 1t has resulted practically Miss Goldman
always
we'll She depicts her ideas forcio Her logic plausible
sent mind and argument she
engu6ng nyeotive lead by calm and steady
leaves her ubjectanarc, the
A few member of The had
with Emma Goldman anarchy elaborated on
theories of her doctrines, and deprecated
achieving the end she declared sought.
we do believe violence
We shall
the people You and live
anarchy United
viii that there will rulers hut that child
himself viii do
brobery love viii pervade all There win edofla
This Jeky of of
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-09-11
A REGULARITY OF AMERICAN FINANCES.

n NE OF TIE ANOMALIES
phed appeal the by the
New York The bankers
the deposit o. government funds national banks and relieve
pressure for due to the and the pilng
the vaults The
other The nation exceedingly the
cng much than enough
Zero IS y ngeney Of money for business
The surplus accommodating in the absolutely
panic by withholding these funds
channels where they would find thr
On the ether hand of power
aid che ball element speculative releasing public
repleDishing the b in
The first remedy such situation wculd be
would take from the of the people only
would provide for economically administered
ond remedy should be of distributing which
automatically and dependent Of
the national debt would be method of undue
the but that policy of reduction
favor from Mr. Gage presumably because would open
that the collected unCuly heavy