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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-01-14
soMsTAMc NEw N lIsaAaIEs.
Subscribers May Send For Books and
Havs Them Delivered at Homes.

Subscribers May Send For Books and
Have Them Delivered at Homes.
Something new in the way Of cir
eulating libraries is being tried in this
city. which appears to promise sue
cess to those who have devised the
idea. The scheme, which has to do
with contemporaneous literature only
was first tried in Philadelphia early in
the spring; later branches were opened
in Brooklyn. Chicago and now Boston,
and an extension Of the system Is
further contemplated through the es-
tablishment of branches in Washing
ton and Baltimore, says the Boston
Transcript
The library is for subscribers only,
and apart from the mere privilege %
keeping for any length Of time the
book desired there is added the advan-
tage Of having the volume delivered
and called for, each book being packed
securely in a leather case, and the
volumes themselves being far more
artistically bound than those ordin.
arily found in libraries. Subscribers
are kept informed as to all the newest
and best books. also those of special
value or unusual interest The library
is not intended alone for residents Of
the city where the branch Is estab-
lished, as any one residing as far as
five miles out may patronize its
shelves having the books delivered
just the same as though they lived
but a few blocks away In the out-of-
town sections the deliveries and col
lections are made by the library's own
wagons. but nearer home this part OF
the work is done by a corps Of special
messengers.
The subscription price is not uni
form. but varies according to the ex-
tent that one wishes to use the service
For one sum the members are entitled
TO three boo.-s a week, while for a less
amount one book a week is allowed.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-01-14

struggled to rise. but fell back. But
he knew her. "Ah. Rebecca. you have
been cruel to me. be murmured. Then,
almost under his breath. he said:
when pain and anguish wiring the
brow. a minisfering angel thou"
Il fell and broke my leg and crawIed
to the door for help" he began t.
explain. but tainted away.
When Richard Waldr0n recovered
consciousness he found the doctor be-
side him instead Of Rebecca. Miss
Stoner saved your life, firmly be-
lieve." the doctor said
Il know she did echoed Dick. But
he meant something the doctor could
not understand.
The next day Rebecca received an
urgent note from her old lover beg
ging her to come to him. She could
not refuse. for as she told herself, he
might be dying When she saw him,
pale and suffering. but smiling gladly
because she had come, the sharp eyes
softened and the hard lines about
her mouth seemed to disappear. and
her heart beat with a wild hope that
after all a new day Of happiness was
about 70 dawn for her.
All that had seemed SO incompre-
henslble to them was now cleared up.
although the missing letter was never
traced, and the village people were
shocked the next day to learn that
Rebecca had married Dick Waidron
when he was sick in bed. "Took ad-
vantage Of his helpless situation, I"
some openly declared Others derlded,
but some sympathized
Rebecca heard this statement, but
she did not care Dick had begged her
to marry him at once. and she felt she
owed it 70 him-as well as to herself
to comply. and so she nursed him back
TO life and the happiness they came
50 near missing. and it was still sweet.
although il came so Chicago
Times Herald.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-01-14

The ones who talk against the cook
ing schools Of to-day are only those
who have very little practical knowI
edge Of their methods and results. r
said practical housewife. after at
tending an unusually interesting les
son, and the truth Of this has been re
peatedly noticed.
The opinion Is too general that cook.
ing school methods are antagonistiC
10 health and economy, when the truth
is quite the reverse. This prejudice
may arise from the fact that demon
stration lectures. as reported ia the
newspapers. generally illustrate the
more elaborate dishes. such lectures
being given - suggest novelties or to
please the demand for something ex-
ia nice.-Detroit Free P-ess.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-01-14

An English country gentleman who
prides himself on having one Of the
best-stocked farmyards OF England Is
known throughout a large district for
the many ingenious devices he has in
vented for improving the condition
and providing Tor the comfort OF his
poultry A short time ago be remarked
that be saw no reason why ducks and
geese should tperch as wen as other
feathered blpeds He had his hen
houses enlarged and fitted with broad
perches Tor the accommodation OF the
aquatic fowls AT evening be drove
All the ducks aud geese into their new
quarters and disposed them on their
perches A fast as be stood half
dozen up cn the elevated structures
they nutiered down again. He kept at
them until they were SO exhausted and
frightened that they remained where
they were placed. Thinking that he
had succeeded he left them for half
an hour and returned. They were an
down again He thereupon ordered
them al 10 be killed Even the inge-
nuity Of q genius cannot devise plan
whereby chickens may be- taught 10
swim OF ducks and geese 70 perch.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-01-14

Among The few "eighi-s,rlpe men
working for the Boston Elevated Rail.
way Company. and longest term mo
torman on the Cambridge c.slsion OF
the road Is Alexander Cox. Of the
Harvard Square and South Boston
line. who has pilofed the company's
cars continuously since 1859. Al
though the old man. now nearly sixty.
has acted as driver end motorman FOR
more than forty years. many a man OF
forty j. Tar less active and energetic
than he. lie has but twice during sll
his service missed a car which be was
intended % run On each occasion the
accident happened on a day following
his absence from work. and was owing
to n change Of time table Of which be-
had not been notified Boston Globe.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-01-14

Rushen Castle. Cast.ed0wn. Isle OF
Man. is the ancient seat Of the kings
and lords OF Man. The castle Is a
veritable curiosity. both historically
and otherwise. The first mention Of Il
dates to the year 1857. II was taken
after six months Siege in the year 1915
by Robert the Bruce. The castle Is
built OF limestone and is not a ruin.
Until few years ago it was used as
a prison The town clock seen In the
castle wall was presented by Queen
Elizabeth IN the year 1897. 1t has only
one hand on the dial; this is the hour
hand The minutes are judged by tile
position Of the hand between the
hours. The works Of this clock are
also a curiosity. The weight az the
end Of the pendulum is a large stone
and It is driven by a rope colled around
a cylinder OF wood. with another stone
at the end OF the rope. The clock IS
stin going after its S03 years service
and is still the town clock.-Newcasile
Engl Chronicle.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-01-14

"Nour friends call you judge. 80
they not. asked the lawyer. frownins
u heavily at the witness.
Yes. sir. the witness replied.
NO particular reason for calling yon
that. is thereg'
We'll sir. yon may not believe f..
but before 1 came to this State I held
an honorable and responsible position
on the bench for eighteen years
Where
In a shoemaker's shop. sir."-Cls-
cag0 Tribune.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-01-14

In Georgia is a farm devoted to mis-
tletoe and holly growing. 1t is owned
by the Cartelcdge family, consisting
Of mother and two daughters, but the
daughters do the farming"
It all began through the failure Of
the elder sister to make an immediate
triumph in art. to study which she
went to New York She realized In
The great city as she never could have
In her rural Southern home that tai
ent for art is too general to leave
much hope for special distinction. and
wisely concluded TO turn to something
that would bring more speedy returns.
Being an observant young woman.
Miss Carteledge noticed that holly and
mistletoe brought extremely high
prices, and Oethought her that on the
zoo acres al home In Georgia both
grew in Wild abundance She went
back and she and her sister began to
prepare for making the neglected lux
uriAnce OF marketable value. In the
months Of January and February fol-
lowing they set out ten acres OF young
holly trees with their own hands.
Last Christmas the sisters found the
trees 50 grown that they required thin
ming out ard the trees thnt were re-
moved were sent north for ChristC,as
trees and brought high prices as they
were symmetrical and covered with
large. red berries. They plant the
mistletoe berries under the bark Of old
oak trees. IN the fork or hollow, where
they can get hold as they germinate.
Detroit Free Press.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-01-14

The Emperor Of Germany says that
an German physicians must cut on
their boards. There are some physi-
clans In the United States who would
be sl1d to have boards 70 ca on: aud
there are others who would Be seized
With consternation should such an o.
DER 50 forth in this country. since
their whiskers are theif q. incIpaI stock
ln trade. and tie proper Care 81 them
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-01-14


The Prince Of Wales lately had a
splendid pigeonhouse built near san
dringham Castle. where carrier pig
cons are trained by experts. The
Prince intends to put his pigeonhouse
at the disposal Of the British navy.
The naval experiments with carrier
pigeons have hitherto been unsuccess-
ful because its pigeonhouses situated
on the coast we're poorly organized.
The best breed Of Belgian carrier pig
cons. which are famous an over the
world. may be found al Sandringham.
and the Prince has given big prices for
carriers that won prizes IN important
competitions 10 Relgium.-Chicago Rec
ord.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-01-14

In a few minutes they were in some
nat-bottomed commissary barges and
were on their way across the river.
A contingent Of Phil sheridan's men
Of but little more than a battalion in
size had shown a regiment OF Mexi-
cans how TO take French fort.-Ed-
ward B Clarke. in Chicago Times
Herald.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-01-14

Mamma-"Dear me. Your brother
viii not keep himself cleanl"
The Six-Year-Old-"Wen, mamma. it
is hardly reasonable to expect a three
year-old child to take a deep interest
in his personal appearance. Puck.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-01-14

Blghead-"You are too set in Your
own opinions to be a good reasoner."
Thickhead-I don't see how you can
say that | hold myself open 10 con-
viction even when ! know / am right"
Life.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-01-14

you have not gone to Europe. then.
as you expected" said Mrs. Fosd'elx
to Mrs. Spriggs.
NO. was the reply. 1T is so dif-
hcult for Mr. Spriggs to leave his busi-
ness, and I really couldn't so without
him. And. then, l read the other day
about a ship that broke her record.
Think how dreadful It would be TO Be
on a ship in the middle Of the ocean
with her record broken. --Detroit FREE
Press.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-01-14

Ants are credited with an Instinct
FOR the weather Of q whole season
when they are observed at midsun-
mer eniareing and building up their
dwellings Sc Is said 60 ie q sign ol ar
early and cold winter
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-01-14

An Arctic silyersmith is he,
Tracing in finest fihgree,
With fragile loop aud slender line,
Figures fantastic in design.
The hollow night his workshop Is, !
Wherein. TO heavens harmonies.
With tools no mortal may behold
He bends above his forge Of cold.
Yet, at the arroWy touch OF dawn,
The fairy magicry Is gone,
Like shadows cast upon a wall,
As subtle and ephemeral.
Youths Companion
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-01-14

Mems names are very freque ltly
borne hv women IN the island OF sa-
moa- The reason for this Is that when
a baby girl Is born directly after The
death of brother It IS supposed fiiat
tie spirlt las simply been Transferred
from one child to another According.
81 the newcomer receives fte dead
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-01-14

LET me seer said the great man.
"Did I say anything about the crux
Of the propositionY'
Il don't see anything" said the see.
retary, glancing over his notes.
"H'mw murmured the great man.
i meant to work that phrase on
somehow. Puck.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-01-14

Il wouldn't be guilty Of doing a fav-
or for a man. and then. in dag OF
two. asking him to do me one"
'No. nor l; I'd ask him right straight
on. before his gratitude gets a chance
to cool. indianapolis Journal.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-01-14

'Yes. George asked me how old 1
would be on my next birthday"
The impudent fellow. OF course.
you said nineteeng"
NO, I said twenty-six." -
Mercy, girl. you aren't but TWENTY
fourr'
NO, but George is going to give me
a cluster ring with a diamond in st Tor
every year. Cleveland Plain Deale.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-01-14
THEMERRY SIDE OF LIFE
STORIES THAT ARE TOLD BY THE
FUNNY MEN OF THE PRESS.

IL Doesn't Always Follow - Family
Treasure-Esoaped-A Greater Curios-
ity-rhe Only Safe and Sure One-En-
conraging-In Boston, Ete., Etc.
The cobbler doesn't cobble with q cob.
lae gobbler doesn't gobble with a COB.
And the slouchy man oi nobby
Who's afflicted with a hobby
Hasn't always had to get it playing hob.
The pickler doesn't pickle with a pick.
The ticker doesn't tickle with a tick. n
And It doesn't always follow.
Where there's ugliness to swallow.
That the stickler has TO sticl,le with a
stick.
- -Chlcago Times Herald.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-01-14

Dlbbs-"Do you believe IN the evil
eye superstition2"
Dobbs-" Indeed / do Six years ago
a frail, blue-eyed girl cast a glance
on me. and I've never since had a
whole ten-dollar-biI TO spend an by
myself. Puck.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-01-14

Il saw one Of these new moving
stairways in New York last week
'That isn't so much. / saw a roll
ing prairie in Kansas last year. ~
Denver News.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-01-14

yes. the bride was given away BY
her eldest brother" ..~ssrs
why not her fatherYp
Well, the old mans extremely con
scientious. He said he couldn't act Il
lie like that; because he knew be q
have to keep her and her husband p
Philadelphia Press. al
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-01-14

LADY, want a dog that win look
terribly fierce but won't ever bite"
Dealer CmeditatiYelyl-"I guess you'd
better get an iron one, mum. New
York Weekly.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-01-14

WAS It valuable watch you lost.
Madam -
valuable! All five Of my children
cut their teeth Of Chicago Record.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-01-14
! SCIENTIFIC ANO INDUSTRIAL

Italian macaroni is no longer made
by hand. but by machinery. Accord
ing to the British Consul at Naples
about 10000 case Of macaroni are
annually exported to England and
100000 to the United States.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-01-14

The eastern edge Of the North Ameri-
can continent is overhowed by the
sea, and that Is why the water near
the coast is 50 shallow. TO find the
true edge Of the great continental land
mass one would have to travel about
eighty miles due eastward from New
York City.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-01-14

Fair Helen-'I hear you have Sc
cret"
Fair Grace-"Well. I did have one.
but it wouldn't keep. Syracuse Her
aid.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-01-14

Sir Norman Lockyer points out that
the statues and plaque carved IN
stone and wood to be seen ia the Gizeh
Museum prove that the priest-mummi-
fiers of Memphis. 0O00 years ago. had
a profound knowledge Of anatomy
Science. he therefore thinks, is as old
as art, and they have advanced to-
gether Another remarkable fact is
that the excavations in Italy have
brought to light scores Of finely fin
ished surgical instruments for certain
operations, which are. IN almost every
particular Of form, preciNely like those
reinvented in moflern s!mes and used
by the most adv,nceG sargeons Of to
day.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-01-14

Like water cast iron contracts on
liquifying, and. conversely. expands
on solidifying; hence the solid metal
floats on the molten like ice on water.
It is this property which renders Ger
tain metals and alloys suitable for
casting when the converse is the case.
as, for instance. with gold and silver.
sharp castings cannot be produced,
and coins, for example, must therefore
the struck with dies.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-01-14

A new and interesting phase Of the
street-payement problem has been
brought to light by the Engineering
News, which publishes the results Of
certain experiments designed to ascer-
tain which is the most sanitary form
OF pavement. The results obtained are
not conclusive, but they have a sug-
gestive value and may be considered
surprising. AS a test. Aims OF steril
lied gelatin were exposed for ten mir
ntes at height of Ave feet above diff
ferent kinds Of pavement The num-
Der Of bacterial colonies that developed
was then counted. with the result that
the films above the cedar-block pave
ment in general contained fewer col
onies than those suspended above
either the brick or the macadam paw
ing. The greatest number Of colonies
found at any one time upon a film was
counted on film exposed TO asphalt.
The investigators conclude that 'ths
most impervicus pavement Is not nee
essarily the most sanitary pavement" "
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-01-14

As much misplaced ingenuity has
been shown in devising ways to beat
The electric meter as has been exhlb-
tied In other varieties Of thievery. No
fewer than half a dozen schemes for
making the ordinary motor wattmet-
er read less than It should have been
tried BY dishonest customers and de-
tected by electric light stations. A
favOrite method. until means were
found to prevent It, was to drill a
small hole In the dust-proof case OF
the meter and Introduce a small but
able bodied spider In the course Of
time the insect would III the delicate
works Of the meter with spider web.
Another method was to put strong
bar magnet under the meter on It's
shelf, 50 as to aid the retarding mag
nets Of the meter itself and hold the
instrument back. The small insect
powder gun. which squirts a mixture
Of air and fine dust. has also been
used to nh the mechanism with dust.
which clogs its bearings. The more
modern types OF meters are practically
proof against such schemes. hut doubt.
less some one viii waste valuable in
genuity trying TO alter their indica-
ti0ns 70 his profit.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-01-14

NJ Tissot has succeeded in increas-
ing considerably the sensitiveness Of
the eoherers which he is using In his
experiments in wireless telegraphy
the coherer is placed In a magnetic
field. whose lines Of force are parallel
to the axis Of the tube. Filings Of
steel or nickel oxide are used. The
system OF aerial telegraphy which he
now uses enables him to receive sig
nails from the cruiser Massena at a
distance Of twenty miles, with a mast
OF only ninety feet.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-01-14
HAPPY At LAST +;


. EBECCA sTONER was re.
garded as the typical old
\ maid Of Kingstown. People
cof1 sto hal ..eo..,.oa II, a..
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-12-06
Question of Reciprocity.

There Is general acquieseuco in our pres
ent tarin system AS a national policy. The
hrst requisite TO our prosperity IL the rom
soothing could be more unwiso than to dis.
turb the business interests OF the country by
any general tarifi change al this time, Doubt.
apprehension. unGsrtainty are exactly what
We Wish To avoid In the interest OF our com
ne!cisl ana material wO,roeins Ga. sApu.i.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-12-06

iaiiou viii generally be both unvise and In.
effective unlsss undertaken after calm inquiry
and with sober self restraint. Much of the
legislation directed at the trusts would have
been exceedingly misohleyois had II not also
been entirely ineffective, In dealing with
business interests, for the government to uu-
dcrtske b. crude and ll-ronsiderod legisla
tlon To DO what insy turn out to he bad.
would he to Incur the risk Of such far-reach-
Ing national disaster that u would be prefer
able 10 undertake nothing at all.
"Ail this II true; aud yet II is also true
that ihcre are real and grave evils, one 81
the chief being vcr-capltglikutiOD because
of its many balcful consequences; and a reso-
lutte aud practical EFFORT must he made TO
correct theHc cYlls.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-12-06
EuloGy of Veterans

mo other citizens deserve 10 well OF the
republic as the vetsrand. tue survivors or
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-12-06


"our aim should be not simply to reclaim
for the largest lumber Of people. but to
social and industrial conditions; and this re-
quircs that w not only understand the ex-
listing situation. but avail ourselves Of the
best experience OF the time In the solution
OF its problems. A careful study should be
made, both by the nation and the states. OF
the irrigation laws aud conditions here and
abroad. Ultimately II will probably be neces-
ssry for the nation to cooperate with the
several arid states In proportion as these
states by their legislation and administration
show themselves Mt TO receive IL.
I'm Hawaii our aim must be 20 develop the
territory on the traditional American lines.
We do not wish a region OF large cities titled
by cheap labor; We wish n healthy American
community OF men who themselves till the
farms they own. All our legislation for the
islands should be shaped with this end In
view, the we'll being OF the average home
maker must afford the true test OF the
healthy development OF tho Islands. The
land policy should as nearly as possible be
modelled on our homestead system.
III Is u pleasure To say that II Is hardly
mere necessary to report ms Ia Porto Rico
TEAM as to any state or territory within our
continental limits. The island IL thriving as
never before. and II Is being administered
efficiently aud honestly. Its people are now
enjoying liberty and order under the pro-
lection ct the United States, and upon this
fact we congratulate th'sA snd ourselves,
Their material welrsie s.r.s ~ as carefully
and isalorsiy considered as tue welfare Of