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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-04-27
sEEM LIZ rHouoA DEAp.
Instances 10 which Corpses Have Had
the sembiance Or Life.

Live PERSONS have feigned death With
marvellous exactness. but when the
dead feign life. or seem to feign life
the spectacle is as grewsome as can
Well be imagined Not long ago a
Russian cemetery was the scene Of as
weird a wedding as ever has been Wit
messed A young girl who had been
bethrothed died on the eve Of her mar
riage and her friends decided that. In
spite of the intervening hand Of death
her marriage must take place; her wed
ding ceremony was performed at the
side OF the grave. and after the mar
riage the body was returned TO the
coffin and lowered to its long resting
place. Il is less than a year ago that
a valuable cup was won in a bicycle
race in Australia By a man who was
dead when he passed the winning post
The race took place at an electric
light carnival. so-ealled. in the pres
ence OF 10000 spectators. In the last
lap James Somerville. a rider. forged
TO the front and secured such a lead
that his victory was assured. When
within twenty-five yards Of the finish
he was seen to relax his hold on the
handle bar and lose his footing on the
pedals. He did not fall from the ma
chine, however and amid frantic
cheers dashed by the goal, winning
the race by half a wheel AS he passed
the finishing post be pitched forward
and fell to the ground When he was
picked up he was found to be dead,
and what was more. the doctors de-
clared that death had come to him
when he was seen TO lose his hold Of
the handle bars. 1t was dead body
that had ridden the last twenty-five
yards Of the race.
Since the plague has been preva-
lent in India searching parties go
through the villages inspecting the
houses with the idea Of seeing that all
cases Of death by the plague are report
ed to the authorities. On entering a
suspected house one day the inspectors
saw a group of natives playing cards.
Something in the appearance Of one
of the players attracted the attention
Of one Of the inspectors. who placed
his hand upon the mans shoulder. To
his amazement the man swayed and
fell to the floor Upon examination
it was found that he had been dead
some time. but in order to avoid hav-
ing the house marked as plague strick-
en- the other inmates had concealed
the fact Of his death
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-04-27
The destruction Of Tuberols Iaoilus In
MIX.

Mr.. Marshall Of the Michigan sta
ton, who reviews the experiments
conducted by others, reports a set Of
tests with sterlized milk which was
infected with tuberculous matter taken
from COWS and subsequently pasteur-
lied By heating to and maintaining at
l54 F. for 20 minutes and then rapidly
cooling In each test a guinea pig was
inoculated iu the abdomen with &C. Of
the infected milk before Il was pasteur-
lied, while other guinea pigs were sim
iiarly inoculated with &C Of the same
milk pasteurized. There we're 13 OF the
latter animals. none Of which became
tuherculous. while the whole Of the
others died from tuberculosis within
a few weeks. The writer points out
that II the tubercle bacillus Is killed
by pasteurization in this way, milk
may be heated up to 154 r. without
producing a cooked favor. Three tests
were made with milk heated I'm
water-bath In imitation Of the cruder
methods OF pasteurization, and In this
case Il was shown that the results
guided by the Temperature OF the water
are unreliable. Another set Of tests
were made with milk artihcally infect
ed with tubercle and pasteurized al a
temperature which produced the favor
Of cooking. The milk was placed in
bottles 10 water which was raised to
boiling point The heat then turned
OF and the bottles allowed to
stand for from Eve to thirty minutes
Guinea pigs we're again tnocuiated
with raw milk. and died from tuher-
eulosis witnin a few weeks; but ~
were inoculated with I've times the
quantity of the pasteurized milk. and
these remained perfectly healthy. The
officials at the station have devised a
simple method for enabling milk 10 be
pasteurized for family use. II consists
o. a covered pail. which has a per-
forated bottom. this being placed upon
a vater-bath provided with a shoulder
A hole 10 the I'D enables steam 10
escape. The bottles are placed In a
rack which its into the pail The
bath IS shallow. and fanEes out from
the shoulder. SO that a large heating
surface IS presented
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-04-27

The Supreme Court OF Iowa has
Landed down a decision In the case OF
Lucas vs.. the B.. G. r. a. H. Railway
Company. which win be OF general In
terest 10 railroad companies and horse
men. A judgment has been entered
against the company for s2500 Tor IN
iuries 70 the pacing stallion Larry
Ginter. 2.i5A. while being shipped
from Iowa City 70 Cedar Rapids. When
the freight BIN was made out 70 was
made out FOR "an ordinary horse" and
at a lower rate than would have been
charged lf e had been known by the
railroad agent that be was billing such
an animal The railroad company
claimed fraud Tn procuring this lover
freight rate By Misrepresentation and
Insisted that the limit of liability Of
500 on the horse should not have been
exceeded. But the court held that the
procurement of the billing Of the ani-
mai as indicated was not a bar % col-
lection of the higher rate By the COM
pany. hence the fraud was no bar 20
the payment Of higher damage when
injury was done The Supreme Court
held against The railroad company and
IN accordance with this view.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-04-27

Unsalted butter, all made by Frie-
burg peasants, produced in part from
sweet and in part from ripened cream,
was IN 20 instances examined for the
bacillus OF tuberculosis Guinea pigs
we're fed with three OF the samples.
with which they we're inoculated, and
all died from peritonitis, while Of the
remaining u, virulent tubercle bacilli
we're found In four samples This case,
which is reported BY Korn. should set
at rest any doubt as 10 the possibility
Of danger arising from butter which
Is sold In our shops and stores without
the slightest knowledge where Il was
made and under what conditions.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-04-27

Ascene. typical and illustrative OF
the present strike on Maui. was Wit
messed hy a number of amused sDecta-
tors al the Waikiki railroad depot the
other day. says the Maui Hawaii
News A number Of Alabama negroes
had been sent to the depot % load cars
with sugar knot 81 Hawaiians on
a strike gathered TO watch the negroes
work Finally one of them proposed to
the negroes that II they would favor
the Hawaiians present w.,a some old
fashioned doEn-south songs. the lat
ter would take their places loading
cars The darkies agreed TO the propo-
sition. and the Hawaiians threw on
their coats and pitched into The sugar
sacks. while the darkies ranged up and
favored the toiiers with Ny old Ken
tucky Home. suwanee River and
way Down South in Dixie" inter-
spersed with hoe-downs. buck and
wings. turkey trots and iuba.
A..er enjoying the imprompfu con
cert sufficiently. the Hawaiians saunt-
tered away aud the negroes ieisurely
resumed the task OF loading cars
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-04-27
4 Legal Affair.
R1 CRY IAMIFsnN

b1 GUY A. JAMESON.
Copyright. 1901. by Daily story Pub. Coz
The little sign screaked monoton-
ously as it swayed back and forth
in the wind IN fact il was the only
sign Of animation for two blocks ban
rival sign across the street that
screaked and swayed just as vehe-
mently. and to as little purpose. The
Sign in question informed the public
or would have. had there been
a public. that John d. Marberry was
an attorney aud real estate agent, and
that be bad a choice lot Of residence,
business. farm and ranch property for
s~le or rent on easy terms. The tru,h
Is. the town Of Archer was for sale or
rent on easy terms. and the few fami-
Hes, who had not already leit for a less
drouthy country. remained from neces-
sity more than choice
John d. Marberry. who had come
West 70 grow up with the country
was, az the very time OF which ! write,
sitting in q small hot, dusty office be-
meath the screaking sign. gazing abb
-stractedly up the deserted street, out
70 the interminable stretch of parched
prairie. When he located in Archer
IL was on a boom; immigration was
pouring into the county, the Retta
and TaW r. R. had been surveyed to
the town. and everything Indicated
an era Of development and prosperity.
But, for some reason. not known TO
the public, the road was not built,
and short crops and two years Of
dr0uth had caused, 10 use an express
sion usually applied to such condi-
tions. the whole bottom to drop out.
John D. Marberry's thoughts were
not as abstract as his appearance. In
fact they had a very practical trend.
He was thinking seriously of selling
Outlook. stock and barrel. if such an
expression is applicable to the law
and real estate business, and moving
back East He had made bad ven
ture. he had been disappointed, he
was heartily tired OF the dry monot-
ony Of things. The West held but one
attraction for him-and but for said
attraction this story would not have
been written. He had met Miss Ola
MAIN. and that meant that he had
fallen under the spell Of her charming
personality. Miss Ola was the daugh-
ter Of a rich old rancher, who num-
bered his acres and cattle by the
thousands In the active outdoor life
she had led she had developed into
superb specimen Of the western wom-
an-she was beautiful cultured,
wealthy. Therein lay the perplexty
OF the case. Marberry felt himself a
man Of parts. that he had a future
but. for the present, he was stranded.
He had often thought over the matter
as he tossed -restlessly nights. and as
he sat detected in the stufy little Of
zee watching the dust drift down the
deserted street To presumptuously,
boldly speak his mind and put an end
20 the consuming uncertainty or
move East, establish himself, and
write-that was the question Once,
as he returned from a Fourth Of July
celebration. where he, as the orator
Of the occasion, had covered himself
with glory. he had been on the point
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-04-27

Progress must be the watchw0rd Of
al OF our farmers and progress con-
sists IN finding out the best meth
DDS. and adopting them. Let the farm
er diligently give attention. and what
be has learned for himself. let him
teach his children al home. and then
send them 70 school. where that edu-
cation can be continued and enlarged.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-04-27

AZ IA avowal Of his love, but Miss Ola
had seemed to parry his words. and
beinp proud. sensitive, he had re-
mained silent
But now. his mind was made up
lie ierked his chair to the desk and
began to prepare an inventory Of his
ofice fixtures. books. etc. The work
completed. he walked across the Street
10 the rival sign Taylor. the owner.
had invested pretty heavily in real
estate and would likely remain, as
there was no prospect Of his disposing
Of il for some years. He could sell
his piunder 10 him; IL not. why. be
would take it with bin.
Tavior was looking over the last
issra Of the Archer star, q copy he
hsd taker from the press, strictly
against the rules Of the Office only
ten minutes before
wen. sess. the worf. has hap
pened. be began. looking up ON
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-04-27

In Bullet and Shot in Indian For
est Plain and Hill. Mr. EN-. Rus
sell relates a thrilling adventure which
befell Colonel G.. a member Of Lord
Roberts star. while be was buffalo
hunting in India. The colonel had
wounded a buffalo Reioading as he
ran forward he was disconnected when
the animal charged at him from be-
hind a clump Of bamboo Colonel G..
interp0sed a tree between himself and
the bull. who cut a piece out OF the
bark with his horn as he rushed by.
and then turned and went at the man
again with the same result c. then
thought that he would try 20 reach
a larger tree. He started but tripDed
over a bamboo hidden in the grass.
and fell prone. upon which the bull
overlook and did his best TO horn him.
The beast ripped the colonel's gar
ments. and at last. getting his horn
under him. tossed him several feet
and came and stood over him. Colo
mel c. now did a most unwise thing
He sat up and hit the buffalo In the
eyes with his fists. and kicked him on
the nose. Fortunately the bun left the
man and went on The hunters
knuckles were terribly skinned. and
his gold ring was battered out Of All
shape. This bull. luckily Tor the colo
mel. did not behave at al as on.
would have expected The batterine
Of a mans feet and fists would only
enrage the ordinary buffalo. and insure
a terrible If not fatal. punishment to
the man.-Youths' Companion.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-04-27


casting it on the hot wind. He en-
4 tered his Office and took down the
duster that had been taking a pro-
tracted rest. Every book and piece Of
furniture was gone over carefully and
re-arranged When he sat down to
his desk again there was a tidy and
prosperous appearance about the room
that 1t had not worn since the days Of
the railroad boom. John d. Marberry
had finally determined that the fate Of
Archer should be his fate-sink or
swim. survive or perish-he would
remain in Archer
He went industriously to work on
an abstract Of the county. an under
taking he had given up some weeks
before from sheer discouragement.
He was still writing when a buggy
rolled up to the door He looked up,
surprised at the interruption. Mis-
Ola greeted him cordially. He has
tened out to assist her from the buggy.
If hel fathers financial embarrass-
ment weighed heavily on her mind,
she was successful. indeed. in conceal
ing it, She was the same fresh. sem
sible, charming Miss Ola
Il have just read the Star. Miss
Ola" began Marberry. when they were
seated. you'll pardon me for refer
ring to It. and allow me-"
Excuse me-" broke in Miss Ola;
"but please do not mention it, There's
nothing to be sorry for-we still have
the home place and. you know, have
secured a position in the school. After
all, what is little more or less prop
erty? Here are some papers father
told me to hand to you. He wishes
you TO look over them She rose to
60 Marberry rose also.
Il have something to say to you,
Miss Ola" he began, stepping nearer;
something l would have said before
this had it not been for certain cir.
cumstance5 and which. but for certain
other circumstances. I would not say
now"
Miss Ola resumed her seat.
i desire you to know, Miss Ola,' he
continued hesitatingly; that love
you"
Miss Ola's eyes were on the noor,
roses came and went on her cheeks.
Then, she looked up sweetly and said
Pm sure. Mr.. Marberry, I'm not dis
pleased"
Not a single client dropped in to
interrupt the conversation that fol-
lowed. But then. IL there had been
clients in Archer it would not have
happened just as it did
The rival sigp .oss the street was
still screaking and tapping fruitlessly
when Marberry and his visitor stepped
into the buggy and rolled on
Taylor eyed them critically over the
corner of his paper. There was some
thing telltale about bis rival that
caused his thoughts to go wandering
back to a sunny day-now buried,
with many other bright things. in the
past-when he had entered the land
Were Love is king.
"There1l soon be another local in
the Star" he mused. and his thoughts
drifted back to silent streets. scorched
prairie. and bad investments.
A few months later there was a quiet
wedding out at Manns Ranch. rooly,
Of the Star, was best man. Taylor
congratulated his rival heartily. Mar
berry-well Marberry- happy.
Archer is no longer a deserted vil-
lage, but a thriving western metropo-
lis. The screaking sign that tapped
above Marberry's office has long since
ceased TO screak Marberry occupies
elegant rooms above Mann and Mar
berry's bank. Those who write him
use the prefix Hon
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-04-27

Memphis. Tenn. IS taking no little
pride in her distinction Of being the
mule metropolis Of the south. Some
one. referring 70 this fourishing and
wealthy city. says there it is a case
Of banks and hrays."
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-04-27
English Sovereign an Unpopular Coin.

English eoFereisn an Unpopular toin-
The sovereign has never been pop
ular coin il India. Among the wealth
Ter natives who have not yet learned
to trust the yellow metal as currency,
the idea Of turning a sovereign into or.
naments. such as earrings and brooch.
es. has recently become a fad
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-04-27

A bad practice IS that or allowing
the fowls to become wild. SO that they
are afraid Of any one. and hide their
nests. and the few chickens they hatch
lose their lives from want Of food. care
and shelter.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-04-27

Waste eggs-that is. heated or
spotted sess-unless they are sbso-
lutely black. are utilized for the
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-04-27

Give the hens their proper place on
the farm. and look upon them az a
source from which profit can be OBJ
tained. and consider them as useful
agents IN changing the food into high
er priced articles.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-04-27

Ordinary black ink. II wen rubbed
into and old felt hat. win revive t.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1901-05-10

cure the prisoners from possible
injury. Among these was Brad
ford. who was paroled temporarily
to supervise the burial Of his
brother. He escaped and tried to
reach Memphis, but some days af-
forwards was killed. The Federal
survivors were about three hundred.
Soldiers who cannot resist have
no right to inflict a useless slaugh-
ter upon thei- assailants before
throwing down their arms, nor can
they expect retaliatory havoc after
the works are carried-that is
rule of war. But ii is to Forests
credit that he exerted himself to
retain the passions Of his troops;
this has been proved by hostile
witnesses; and every sitting Of the
so-called Fort Pillow Massacre
tends to show his course in fa-
vorable light when we consider the
wrongs perpetrated by the garrison
on the families of his troops,
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1901-05-10
FORREST AND FORT PILLOW.
Recollection Of the Fearful West
Tennessee Affair Plan, Scene
and Result.
By Eugene Hale .

EuhtLit AAdlt
Now that an effort is being made
to erect a suitable monument to
commemorate the martial deeds OF
Nathan Bedford Forrest, a renewed
interest in that brave General is
aroused.
The fame Of this Tennessean is
such that his name is not alone
mentioned with applause through
out the South but in the North and
Europe.
There was strong effort in GER
tain quarters, after the taking of
Fort Pillow to charge him and his
men with ''butchering" the Federal
garrison. / have before me an En-
glish history published few years
after the var, i: wh;ch the author
says that the story of Fort Pillow
stands alone, the sole cause OF in
humanity ever alleged against Con-
federate troops, and this charge he
disproyes.
Nevertheless it is interesting to
recall that affair at this time, espec-
tally since / have description
given me not SO long ago by Ben
iamin Hancock, an eyewitness,
and the author of Hancock s
Diary
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1901-05-10

and his Adiutant had been killed,
though this was unknown to the
Confederates. Losing no time,
Forrest went to the front to recon-
noitre, having two horses killed
and one wounded before he was sat
isfed with his observations. He
discovered a ravine leading up near
the southern part of the fort. If he
could seize it it would hide an at
tacking from the fire from the fort.
He also noticed two ridges four or
or Eve hundred yards distant which
would give his sharpshooters a
splendid cover.
Hancock said when ready to adj
vance Forests words were, "move
upr He gave this order now. Bell
threw his men forward and gained
a position where his men we're shell
tered by the confirmation of the
ground, McCulloch carried the in
trenchments on the highest ridge
in front of the southeastern part of
the fort. McCulloch continued to
advance steadily fighting his way,
and seized a cluster OF cabins called
the town, as well as taking the rifle
pits. The result was fatal to the
Federals-it was obvious that the
place would be taken after short
struggle.
Forrest did not wish to cause un-
necessary loss Of life, and now, be-
fore storming the works, decided to
demand surrender. Causing the
signal for a cessation of hcstilities
to be given, he sent Captain with
the following demand in writing;
4Headquarters Confederate Cav
airy, Near Fort Pillow, April II,
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1901-05-10

Rebs, would come from a Federal
while a confident reply would be
sent back by TIE men in tattered
gray. The ex-Confederate / have
quoted, Hancock, says that the par
apets of the fort were thronging
with negro soldiers, intently watch
ing the course of events. Some Of
them were heard to indulge in im-
pudent jeers, which tended to kin
die the wrath in the hearts of For
rests men. 1t was a scene to be
remembered, and was the calm be-
fore the storm.
THE ASSAULT AND THE RESULT.
1t was soon noted by the Confed-
ates that the steamer Olive Branch
appeared to be turned, her bow to-
ward the landing. 1t was evident
that Bradford expected help from
the Federals on the river, and was
playing for time. The negro sol
der assumed a menacing position,
and finally there came reply from
the Federal commander refusing to
surrender.
Forrest ordered his whole force to
be in readiness for an assault,
With a single bugler he rode to a
commanding ridge. Scanning the
field and seeing that all was ready,
he caused the signal to be given.
The blare Of the bugle ran out,
the Confederate sharp-shooters
opened CALLING FIRE and the artil-
iery beloved out its destruction
Then the main Confederate force
the bugle still sounding -surged
onward, crowned the parapets, and
leaped over into the works. Help
ing each other they climbed nimbly
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1901-05-10

1864 AS your gallant defense OF
the fort has entitled you to the
treatment Of brave men, now de-
mand an unconditional surrender Of
your force, at the same time assur-
ing you that they will be treated as
prisoners of war. / have received a
fresh supply of ammunition, and
can easily take your position.
N. b. FORREST. "
ITO Mai. L. F. Booth, Command
ing United States Forces.
Booth had been killed about the
time of Forests arrival. The
command had fallen on Maj. Brad
ford, and that officer sent an an
swer bearing the name of Booth re-
quiring an hours delay to consult
with his officers and those on a
gunboat lying in the river. Forrest
wrote in reply to this that he had
not demanded the surrender of the
gunboat and would give twenty
minutes for a decision. He added
that so great was the animosity of
the Tennesseans of the two COM
mands, that he could not be respon-
sible for the consequence if forced
to storm the fort
SCENES DURING THE TRUCE.
With slight effort of the imagi-
nation we can understand some-
thing of the scene during the cessa-
ton Of hostilities. In that section
nature takes on her colors early,
and 1t was the middle Of April.
The green was back in the trees, as
Riley put il, and % The ridges and
along the pleasing hue was inspira-
ton. Dogwoods fauntered their
white blossoms, and there was up
on the air, with the smell of pow
der, a hint Of the fragrance of bud
and bloom 1t rained the night be-
fore, but the blue over head now
predominated. An oppressive still
ness followed the firing, and the
words of the soldiers on either side
could be heard, as they bantered
each other.
"You win never take US, Johnny