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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-01-18
FIELD FOR &c &c
&c Sc POOR MEN

AS a field for poor men who desire to
wrest a fortune from the Ozark hills
this part Of the United States is un-
eQualed by any mineral region in the
world. writes a Forsyth. Mo-. corre-
spondent While. OF course. the great
est returns will come to those who en-
gage in the business on an extensive
scale and employ machinery. the fact
remains that a man may get rich here
in few years with no capital but his
hands and his willingness to work.
One way in which this can be done IS
as follows: Outside OF the Joplin dis
trict. where most Of the mines are now
conducted on a scientific basis. nearly
an the mining hitherto done herea-
bouts has been in a sllpshod. careless
way. when a bucket OF mineral was
brought 70 the surface only the big
gest humps were picked out. the rest
being cast aside as too small to bother
with. The consequence Is that every
tain heap in Missouri. Kansas and Ar
kansas is full Of Jumps Of lead and
zinc ranging in size from the size OF
pea to that OF a plum or peach Lead
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-01-18

face-conditions most unfavorable to
the transmission Of electro magnetic
waves.
FROM Sea to shore.
Marconi also promises that before
long ships at sea viii be able by the
use Of his system to communicate with
the shore. Navies are nov experiment.
ing with his system and considerable
success has been obtained Meantime
in England they are trying to telegraph
without the use Of wire from Dover to
Belgium. Il looks as IL in a short time
a message might be sent around the
world without the use Of wires and that
all the parts Of the earth and the sea
would be IN telegraphie communication
with each other Deserts. mountains.
oceans time and space all seem TO be
dissolving before the advance OF sci
ence. The world could not desire a
better Christmas present for 1901 than
the fulhllment Of Marconrs promise.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-01-18
ron rAcn Id nEcIpE.

Life seems full Of new possibilities
IN the opening Of . new year The
fquestion for each girl to decide Is how
10 meet the opportunities which are
offered 70 her. and how to make the
most Of them. There Is knowledge TO
be gained. because 1t is a pearl be-
yond price 10 the possessor. there are
talents TO be developed. because II Is
a duty to cultivate ones gifts; there Is
work 10 be done because work means
usefulness and contentment There
are always virtues TO be striven for,
because they help TO make strong, mo-
bic characters The great thing Is to
aim at a true and noble wOmnnhocd.
TO be honest 10 be truthful. 70 do
what Is right and 10 keep a clear con-
science would seem very simple rules
for conduct In life yet II these are
followed happiness viii come. for that
depends more on ones self than on
circumstances or surroundings
Life may be fun Of beauty and use
nllness II one is unselhsh. Ordinary.
everyday life affords 50 many oppor-
iunities for doing some good service.
a gentle word spoken 70 one who Is
angry. an encouraging Or q sympathe-
tlc word 70 a despondent 9F sad friend.
an earnest word Of warning 70 any one
Who may be Ia danger or folly-all
these little things are very helpful. A
cheerful manner has a stimulating ef-
feet on Others; a sunny disposition
brighiens the home. says the Delien-
ator Everyone has at times known
the braeing. stimulating feeling that
comes when looking into a face which
reflects a noble pure soul or a brave
strong one Il may be the face Of a
kiranger. bat the unconscious infuence
OF that fine character IS not lost on the
passer-hy. Il IS character which
counts 10 life noble motives and high
thoughts which are worth having.
with these possessions and that sweet
maideniy reserve. modesty and deli
cacy which 20 With refinement a girl
wlH not only be more charming. but
will have an influence over an her as
s0ciates
A thouFhtful writer says I'VE
cannot an hsye talent We cannot an
have great powers. We cannot an 40
great work. but We can all hy slow
and patient endeayor, build up char
aoter. which may do good work. even
though ii may be small and humble
We 90 not improve the character Of
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-01-18
OUer Ocean
Woye

Great things are promised for the
new century by G. Marconi the au-
thor Of wireless telegraphy. says the
New York Press. Before the first
Christmas in the 20th century he will.
he declares. have England and Amer
lea on speaking terms without the aid
Of submarine cables One big pole
erected at Southampton and another at
Monfank Point will. he says, be all
that is needed. The cables which now
cCnnec. Europe with America will. if
Marconi fulhlls his promise. become as
obsolete as the stage coach became
when the railroad came In.
Confidence IL the Work.
The optimistic electrician is confident
that he can establish telegraphic com
munieation between the eastern and
western worlds by his system at a hun
dred-thousandth part Of the cost OF
laying a cable and maintaining It.
Marconi says he has discovered a meth
Cd Of controlling the sound waves so
that the messages from continent to
continent will be flashed back and forth
close to the surface Of the ocean over
tie whole distance
Heretofore the curvature OF the earth
has presented a dreaded difficulty to be
overcome in the transmission Of wire
less messages over long distances
Marconi's new control Of the sound
waves. Il Is asserted. has obyiated the
difieulty How 1t Is done Marconi
does not explain-that is his secret
bur be says that nc is confident he has
found a method Of doing It. He con-
tends that the inasts erected at Mon
tauk Point and at Southampton need
not be higher than a New York sky
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-01-18
EIecTricfon'S
6UonderfuI
I7x1enffon

Honolulu to Manila it is about 1000
miles. II that is too great a distance
over which to operate the wireless sys-
tenn then a way station might be es-
tablished on Wake island. a little piece
Of property something more than half
way over to Manila from Hawaii.
which the United States owns
Work OF the Government.
In fact, the possibilities OF the sys-
TEN, If Mareoni keeps his promise, are
almost infinite. The war department
OF the United States has been for some
time experimenting with wireless tel
egraphy independent OF Marconi, whose
system, the officials thought, did not
meet the requirements Of the service.
So successful has the signal corps been
that now all the forts around New
York are connected with each other by
a wireless system. which Is constantly
being experimental with and improv-
ed. The weather bureau. also recog-
nizing the advantages which would re-
suit to navigation by the establishment
Of wireless electric communication
between vessels at sea and exposed
points on our lakes and sea coasts,
and also between islands along the
coasts and the mainland. has made a
systematic investigation Of the various
systems Of wireless telegraphy The
progress made has been eminently sat
isfaetory- New appliances have been
devised by the bureau experts for the
transmission Of signals and receivers
have been constructed that are prob
ably more delicate than any heretofore
made. Messages have already been
sent and received over 50 miles Of land
which presented a rough and hilly sur
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-01-18
ANYONE MAY GET
RICH IN THE MIN
ERAL BELT or THE
SOUTHWEST.

is worth $50 a ton at the mine. and
zinc a great deal more. The right 70
work over these tail heaps may be Sc
cured on a 10 per cent royalty. and on
this basis any Industrious man NAV
easily make from SO to $40 a day. His
only equipment is garden rake and
a spade He will have to camp out
and live on frugal fare. but he will
grow hardy in health and make
money.
Those with a little capital may take
leases on ground either for a cash
rental OF for a royalty. and open shafts
on their own account Il takes from
two to three men to operate shaft.
one to do the digging and the other 20
hoist up the buckets Of soil containing
the mineral In many instances lead
and zinc deposits are struck six feet
from the surface; Ia others the digger
has to go down Is or 20 feet. the rich
ness Of the find increasing with the
depth Of the hole From one 70 three
tons Of metal a day is not an uncom-
mon yield from the best Of these
shafts.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-01-18
Senate's Pay Roll is
Assuming Enor>
nous Proportions.

(which event his salary is just half that
OF the man whose official title is more
digniiied but whose functions are the
same as those Of the 'laborer' The
explanation Of this sudden increase OF
senate employees Is curious. II not in
teresting. Il is that the grave and
reverend seignors Of the Upper Cham
Der are providing numerous constlt-
uents against the long stretch Of
rainy days" that win intervene be-
tween the adjournment OF the Fifty
sixth congress in March and the as
sembling Of the Fifty-seventh congress
next December Nine months Of vaca-
ton Of congress is hard on many peo-
pie in Washington. but so long as the
senates contingent fund holds out life
at the national capital will be made
bearable. If not continuous round OF
pleasure. to such OF its citizens as
command sufficient pull" to get their
names placed on the senate pay roll
as messengers" or ~laborers
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-01-18
usErrL NJ cARns.

A pretty gift Is veil cards. and thess
about IA inches long and six inches
wide. Put scented cotton batting or
one side and cover with silk. silkolins
or pretty cretonne with a small figure
Six cards are a good number as only
one veil should be folded on a card;
otherwise It Is too much trouble 70 gel
Il when wanted. To hold these cards
make case like a large envelope with
all the flaps unfastened. Take an en-.
velope and open it out fiat, and yo1
VIII get the idea The envelope should
be the size OF the veil card. Slip the
cards in and fasten the flaps with rib
bon or with buttons and buttonholes.-
Vogue.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-01-18

The axmen are likely 10 fight hare
AGAINST the plan 70 establish a national
forest park and timber preserve at the
headwaters or the Mississippi II Is
feared that the consent which secre-
tary Hitchcock has given for the cut
ting of "dead-and-down" timber viii
mean the destruction OF All the for
rests on the site Of the proposed park
for L will be a hard task to prevent the
firing Of the woods Springfield Re
publican.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-01-18


The allied column marched to the at
tack Of the walled city OF Tientsin on
the morning OF July Is. and after a
very hard days lighting. the brunt OF
which fen on the japanese. the latter
found themselves in the evening at
distance Of about 200 yards from the
walls and without any hope Of captur-
ing the place that night. Mai Gen.
Fukushlma then issued orders that the
men we're to hold their position. neither
retiring nor advancing a yard. His
belief, derived from his knowledge OF
the Chinese, was that after the losses
they had suffered during the day they
would probably abandon their posts
under cover Of darkness. provided that
they did not detect any sign Of retreat
On the part Of the assailants. The
ground then held by the japanese
troops was almost wholly under water
Only a narrow causeway leading to the
gate Of the city stood above the level
OF the water which covered the area
on either side to a depth Of some two
feet. In. that water the japanese had
to stand The whole night-and they
stood Chicago News
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-01-18

mails are sometimes killed at that time.
The semi-domestication OF fur-bearing
animals seems the only way of prevent
ing the early determination Of species
which nov provide the most costly and
luxurious wearing apparel. Il seems
reasonable to suppose that the Alaskan
fox industry. in which 500 200 Is now
invested, may be the beginning or a
great and profitable business. the ISL
ands of Alaska being particularly 'htttd
for the experiment. ,aqdi ,rert. faw of
them Of the least raine Tor any other
purpose It IS thsoagat hysexp sFseucsd
fur men that Il might be feosPls Is
Introduce the Russian sable ana other
cf the more valuable marteh species
into Alaska for propagatioHsr
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-01-18

anybody else in any other way SO well
as by improving our own character,
and that Is in the power Of each one
Of us. we can begin at once. and we
can always 90 on with this work
wherever our lot Is cast"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-01-18

elI --1l 11
A man who Is the unhappy victim
of home rule ksys he would slfdI5 ex-
change hfs better -haif for more salts
factory qusrters.-ChicaEo News
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-01-18

The United States IS now preparing
q lay q cable across the Pacific ocean
from the California coast % Manila.
II Marconi can make his promise good
Of teiegraphing without wire across
the Atlantic then there would be no
need for laying the cable The wire
less system could be used and al the
tremendous cost Of establishing cable
communication obYiated. The distance
from Montauk to Southampton Is over
1000 miles. From San Francisco to
Honolaiu is only 1.e00 miles From
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-01-18


says he can lengthen the air waves
% an almost unlimited extent
A Commercial Proposition.
II Nr. MaIconi can fulhn his prom
ises. what q revolution there viii be
in the commercial world The mill
lions invosted in cables would become
lost capital. for no one would use a
cah.e at the rates charged for mes
saees Shen for a fraction OF the cost
he eoild telegraph by the wireless sys-
tenn.
ii not only costs millions 10 manu-
facture and lay cables across the At
lantlc. but keeping them in repair
costs hundreds Of thousands Of doll
lars Gable ships are Kept IN commits
sion an the time and they find con-
tinually something 10 do in the way Of
repairs on the great oceanic telegraph
lines Repairing a cable Is a work OF
skill. science and money. A defect in
the cable having been located BY means
known to the telegraph experts. the
cable ship steams away to the part OF
the ocean where the difnculty is and
drags Tor the cable with its graphing
irons When finally the cable Is picked
up the repairs are made and It is again
deposited upon the oozy bed Of tho
sea. The initial expense and the cost
Of maintenanee make it expensive TO
ialk with Europe but Il does not cost
much 10 erect two poles and buy a
Marconi outfit It Is obvious that II
the great italian keeps his promise the
cost Of talking with the old world
viii X trifing compared with what it
IS now.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-01-18

sclaper" in order TO make the working
Of the system effective. He has in
vented a new appliance by which he
says he can lengthen the air waves
. an almost unlimited extent
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-01-18

1T HAS ONE-FIFTH or THE
WORLDS WEALTH.

One-Twentieth of the Worlds PopuIa-
fon within Our Borders Eighteen
Hundred Miles Of Atlantic Coast
More trelght than An other Countries.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-06-23
Secretary Illinois woman's Alliance

children are away al school and there is
little about the old place 10 hold him, be-
cause II is there that the memories OF the
past crowd upon him and reopen the old
wounds. So he seeks peace In activity;
In the thickest OF the battle OF life, but
finding little Of it, He Is making money
faster than anybody here. He says he
has retired from politics, but he is not
happy. In the midst of all the. glamour
of success and the elation of the victor
there is a canker at the core, the little
rift in the lutte which has silenced, for
ever ali its beautiful music. But he
never gives way. never breaks down
Just laces himself up and fights and Nights
and fights like the giant he is, and all the
time he is making a greater noise in the
world and showing men the KALEIDOSCOPE
ic qualities OF his genius. He will move
away from here some day. He Will 80
to New York and enter the lists with
the real big fellows, and he will give
them a run for their money. He Is as
nervy as they, he is as shrewd as they,
and he win master the game in very
short while, as he has mastered every
thing he has ever undertaken. Keep
your eye on Hogg.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-06-23
DEPEW'S vAPORINGS
HE LETS orr MORE STEAM ON
THIRD TERM.
MUCH HOT AIR FOR M'kINLEY.
HE MAY GET THAT THIRD TERM
IN 1912.

The Ovation Received by the Presi-
dent in the south Inspired His
Third Term opinion, Says Mr..
Depew-Ife Construed II as a Gen.
eraI Endorsement of the Presi-
dents PoIicy-Mr. McIkfnIey's
Statement to the Public ExtoIIed
as a CIassic-He Defends His Po-
sition.
New York, June Ex-senator Chauncey
M. Depew has sent a letter to Represen-
tative Charles II. Grosvenor of Ohio. on
the subject OF a presidential third term.
Mr.. Depew stands by his opinion in favor
OF a third term for President Mckinley.
saying that 1t was expressed at pri-
vate dinner in Washington while Presi-
dent Mckinley was receiving such re-
markable ovations and welcoming
speeches i'm the South on the lines OF the
interest Of the Southern states in expan-
sion and our new possessions and the
open door to the east for their develop
merit and enrichment; In other words. the
general Endorsement of the President's
policy"
Mr.. Depew says no such subject has re-
ceived such universal attention.
at has been the occasion OF state
n;ent to the American people by the
President that will live among the ablest
preserved contributions in our political
literature. Mr.. Mckinley has definitely
disposed OF the suggestion for himself and
for the present the subject Is academic.
we must go through Mr.. McKinieys sec
ond term and possible two terms for
his successor before third term is prac-
ticable."
Discussing the third term question fur
Their Senator Depew says:
I'VE have been severely criticised or
roundly abused for saying that there Is
nothing illegal or immoral IN the people
OF this country electing a citizen for
twelve years instead OF eight and that
IL present conditions were I'M
changed In 1904, they would certainly
request Mckinley to again assume the
presidency. But It Is the most serious
charge yet made against the Intelligence
OF the American electors and their capac-
fly for self-governfnent to treat. as 50
many have, the third term as II II was
an innovation which might prove temp
tation, and. II received with popular favor
we would, at once, voluntarily and with
reckless hilarity, sacrifice our liberties
and our Institutions
When the time comes, as II may, that
IN a great crisis an Abraham Lincoln
after eight years or the presidency. win,
in the Judgment OF the people OF this
country. best serve the highest lnterests
OF the republic By another four years. he
will receive such a can as no patriot can
resist"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-06-23

health given me and by taking an occa-
SIGNAL dose off and on when feel extra
tired. keep my system in perfect order. ="
Miss A Brady.
Miss Esther @. Lowe, prominent
young society lady OF washington, Ga.
writes:
81 took Peruna in early spring, re-
ceiving glorious benefits from same.
before taking Peruna suffered with
catarrh, always felt tired and had IA
dull headache. A friend OF mine told
me of Peruna. I began taking IL ut
once, gaining each day. L now feel
as well as ever ala I'm ali my life.
I advise ali my suffering friends TO
give Peruna fair trIni."-Esther G..
Lowe.
Miss Mile Baker writes from 200 East
Ohio street. Chicago. H.:
culiar to women, severe bearing-down
cular to women, severe bearng-down
pains, and continual headache. Ny sys-
tenn seemed completely upset and did
not know where to find relief. The doctor
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-06-23

From the washington POST.

From the washington foSt'
The presence of Lord Stavordaie in this
country is interesting. not only because
his father the Earl OF Leicester, is the
present owner OF the world-famed Hol-
land House IN the suburbs OF London,
and because he is destined to become the
chief OF that Fox family to which be-
Charles Fox, but likewise because Il
serves 10 recall the romance that attend
ed the marriage OF another Lord Stavor-
dale. granduncle of the present bearer
of that tide.
The Lord Leicester OF that day received
letter signed "Standish OGrady.' dated
from cappercullen. county Limerick, very
respectfully asking him 70 get his son.
stationed in the neighborhood, transfer
red TO some other part OF the country.
Mr.. O'Grady declared that che young
lord was paying O great deal OF atten-
ton to his daughter. Feeling sure that
he young soldier would not be allowed
to marry her, and that the girls happi-
ness would suffer seriously II the hopeless
affair were allowed to proceed further,
he courteously asked the earl's interview
ton.
In reply Lord Leicester wrote mis- warm
est thanks for the timely warming, said
that he would take his son away, and
that ne had commissioned an old friend
of his. a Col. Prendergast, to call upon
Mr.. o'Grady TO convey his thanks per-
sopaliy. The colonel called and proved
such a charming old reiiow thar Mr..
O'Grady, who was an Impoverished Irish
gentleman OF excellent family, invited
him to stay a week. The colonel spent
most OF his time in the beautiful Miss
O'Grady's company. When he was GO
ing away. he said to his host: II don't
mink that Miss O'Grady is at all WELL
she needs change"
ut isn't that" replied her father, Il
may tell you In confidence she Is still
pining for that young Stavordale."
II will tell Lord leicester exclaimed
the colonel. II am sure that he will be
proud to have Miss OGrady for a daugh-
ter-in-law"
o'Grady entreated him not TO do so,
feeling a sense Of delicacy as well as OF
characteristic pride IN the matter. The
colonel persisted that he had good rea-
son TO know that his friend the earl
would be only too pleased 10 welcome
Miss O'Grady as a daughter-in-law.
Her father az last asked why.
why. because / am Lord Leicester my
SELF"
Needless 70 aod that the lovers we're
married.
The motto Of the family OF which LORD
leicester IL the chief IL ''1rairo Sans
Dire" which may be interpreted as Act
without speaking" and in this Instance
al any rate the old earl may be said %
have lived up 10 the heraidlc device OF
Ms name.
The present Lord Leicester - head Of
the older branch 81 the iine Of SIR Ste
pbcn FOX, whose eldest son became the