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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1902-12-19
SET EXAMPLE FOR THE MEN.
How Philippine Woman Crossed a
River In Panay.

How q Philippine Woman Crossed
River In Panay.
Just beyond San Pedro we came to
the sibalom River, the bed Of which II
mile wide, covered with big and lit
tie powders. and here and there
swift running stream. The main river
Is probably two hundred yards wide
and is easily forded. except after a
Laavy rain. when it rises rapidly and
becomes a raging torrent It usually
subsidies in a few hours after the rain
has ceased to fall. When the river is
up many people gather on either bank
to await an opportunity to cross Our
treasurer was once sitting on the banks
with a lot OF natives waiting for the
river to subside, and had been there,
wet. hungry and tired. for hours pray
ing to ret across. The river was boil
ing and foaming and no one dared
make an attempt to cross. Presently
an old woman came along. took a look
at the river, gave contemptuous
glance on the manly sex there gathered
and then walked up the bank ABOUT n
hundred yards. where she stripped on
her clothing. She made careful bum
die Of all her belongings. raised them
above her head and entered the stream.
The water was over her head, but she
made no attempt to swim. She would
sink beneath the water until her toes
touched a bowlder and would then give
a jump The current would give her a
lift and send her diagonally down the
stream few yards. She kept repeat
ing the operation until at last she had
reached the other bank. far below
where she had started. She waded out
with her bundle perfectly dry. donned
her clothes and vanished through the
thicket From Panay Letter in the
Mobile Register
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1902-12-19

When the death Of prominent West
Side business man was announced not
long since, one OF his distant relatives
who had known him intimately years
before. felt it his duty to attend the
funeral Although the engrossing
cares Of b;lsiness life and the long dis
tance between their places of residence
had prevented the men from continu-
ing to the last the friendship Of earlier
manhood, the distant relative felt a
sincere regret. As he approached the
church in front of which the hearse
and carriages were waiting he began to
experience a real grief At times like
that a man will remember things He
entered the church and sat we'll to-
ward the rear. After the solemn mu-
sic the minister spoke briefly OF the
deceased as a man OF unimpeachable
character. an honor to the business
world szd light In the church where
he had lahored SO faithfully for years
He referred 70 the many excellent traits
Of the deceased, his kindness as a hus-
band and father. and his sympathy
with everything that was good in life
The distant relative acknowledged to
himself the truth Of every word that
was spoken, and began TO experience
a deep regret that the early friendship
had been so neglected through many
years. At the conclusion OF the SER
mon the usual opportunity was given
those present to pass in front Of the
pulpit and take a last look at the re-
mains The distant relative moved
slowly forward with the crowd and
looked into the casket. He could hard
" restrain an ejaculation OF surprise.
He had been attending the wrong fu-
neral As he passed out OF the church
a second hearse halted. As one coffin
was borne out Of the church another
was carried in He re-enfered the
church with the new corteee. and upon
inquiry lear - that this time he was
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1902-12-19
SCENT THAT oLINos..
Smoke OF oIsnr. worrls. tho nashela.
oiri quite a Lot.


smoke of Cigars Worries the. naaheis<
Girl quite Lot.
Talk about q grain Of musk scent
ing a room for twenty-five years, said
the bachelor girl: that's nothing to
the way a whiff OF tobacco smoke VIII
make its presence known for ages
without apparently diminishing in
strength. Ny brother calls on me
sometimes Ia the afternoons aud when
he does he is. Of course. accompanied
by the inevitable cigar He smokes
during the interview. and talk-a
very acceptable division Of labor 70
both OF us-and then he goes away
and air my sitting room thoroughly.
as | suppose. That night. II purchance
have a Visitor, Dear me. he says. or
whatever Is the masculine equivalent
for that expression. dear me. find the
mani smell tobacco smoke. SO there
must be one about here somewhere
when I mention my brother he looks
first incredulous and then suspicious.
I've caught more than one Of my call
ers furtively looking at my fingers to
see II they showed any trace Of nlco-
tine. l suppose. and once or twice my
opinion a. 70 the relative merits OF the
different brands OF cigarettes has been
asked suddenly when l was OF my
guard apparently 10 see whether 1
would commit myself. Evidently my
kind friends suspect me OF doing the
smoking myself There's plenty OF it
done among women. and what are
known as nice women. too; but it's
habit that abhor. never had a
cigarette in my mouth. and still when
someone notices the fragrance Of to-
bacco about my rooms Or my clothes.
for both are impregnaled, they seem
convinced that am a nend Last
week when I took my winter hangings
out OF the cedar closet I could smell
last winters tobacco smoke still lin
gering In their folds. I can't get il
out. Air Is Of no avail. This winter
my brother is going to be denied his
cigars said the bachelor girl Il
cant set the reputation Of being
cigarette fend JUST to make him COM
Portable. now can II hate 10 aacri-
nee him, but no doubt for the good Of
the family he'll be willing even to
give up his perfectc. Baltimore
News. >
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1902-12-19

The little islands OF the Seychelles. to
the east Of Africa. are becoming over
populated with dusky monarchs. There
are quartered there at present four ex-
kings and two queen mothers The
kings include Prempeh OF Ashanti,
Mwanga Of Uganda and Kaharega Of
Unyoro, the 1ast-named being an old
lighting man with notable record.
East and West African monarchs meet
at the Seychelles and the diplomalists
interested in African affairs are curious
to see how they agree. Mwanga and
Kabarega are recent importations, but
It is now more than a year since Prem
peh, late king OF Ashanti, arrived In
Seychelles, and It is said that readers
OF Maj. Gen Baden-P Powelrs book on
the downfall Of that potentate would
find 1t hard TO recognize the truculent
parsonage there depicted in the sleek
and oily negro. CLAD In immaculate Eu-
ropean clothes, who sits in front pew
OF the English church In Victoria
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1902-12-19

Gossip From
w AshingtOn

Especial Letter.
The president ia beginning to be
famous among other things Cor big
dinner parties, for big lunches and in
general for a large and generous hos
pitality. He seldom or never lunches
or dimes alone. and more often his
guests number half dozen. He is an
ideal host.
Mrs Roosevelt did not receive on
Friday. There is a rumor that these
agreeable afternoons have had to be
given up The crowd Of selfish ego
fists who insist on forcing themselves
upon her privacy and pushing through
the White House doors have Obliged
her to refuse to be at home to the
Few. Mrs Harrison solved better, per-
haps, than any other presidents wife
the problem Of informan gatherings.
She found special Invitations the only
possible means Of limiting the number
Of her guests. Those who remember
her pleasant little musicales and even
ings In the upstairs" apartments al
ways have regretted them. She gave
the names OF those invited to the door
keepers and resolutely refused to re-
ceive outside intruders.
Gen. Henderson Of Iowa, the new
speaker of the house. is one Of the
most popular men in Washington. AL
ways approachable. he never seems to
be too much overwhelmed with public
business to grant caller attention.
Gen. Henderson was born in Scot
land in 1870 At the age Of six he was
brought TO the states, and shortly
thereafter took up his residence in
Iowa He entered the forty-eighth
congress representing the third cen
gressional district, and has represent
ed that district in every congress up
10 this time. On the organization Of
the fifty-sixth congress he was elected
speaker Of the house, and has Just been
reelected by the majority in the fifty-
seventh congress to again preside over
that body.
Gen. Henderson is, as has been dem
onstrated by his overwhelming choice
as speaker, extremely popular with his
side OF the chamber. and is highly es-
teemed by the democratic minority.
In the matter of legislation the gem
eral has not taken a decided position
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1902-12-19
ETHIos or MArRImoNY.


Good Advice for Those In and About
to Enter the Married state.
Far more diflcult than the mere bar
monizing Of opinions Is, In married
life. the harmonizing of tempers. since.
while many people have no opinion
worth mentioning on any subject the
humblest or more ignorant can set up
a temper. Nothing can deal with tenn
per except conscience and time. de-
clares Col. Thomas Wentworth Higgin-
son In the Chicago Daily News. 4
have known young married couples
with whom il was unpleasant to be In
the house during the first year Of their
marriage. and yet habit and sheer ne
cessity made their society tolerable
within two years and positively agree
able In i've. The presence Of children
is a help TO this compatibleness as be-
ing the one possession absolutely
shared and necessarily accepted by
each parent Another great aid to the
harmonizlng Of tempers-indeed. some
thing priceless. as a permanent rule-is
to study mutually what may be called
the question OF preferences; that is, to
form a habit Of considering, when a
husband and wife differ about any
matter. which OF the two has really the
most reason to care about IT,
Thus il may sometimes make little
difference to the wife whether break
fast is early or late. while late break
fast may cost the husband his morning
train; or carriage may be very i'm
portant matter to a wife, with her
skirts 10 take care Of. while IL may
make no serious difference 70 the hus-
band whether he walks or rides. 1t is
surely better that one should make a
little sacrifice on any matter than that
the other should make a far greater
one
Many a household jar which would
have left prolonged strings behind II II
made mere test of will and persist
ence is settled easily when the equation
Of preference Is applied TO It. and each
is ready to make little sacrifice to
save the other from greater one"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1902-12-19
HOMICIDE IN AMERICA.


startling Figures Show Increasing Dis
regard for Human Life.
a Louisville preacher has recently
made the startling assertion that
home life is safer in the dominions
Of the ameer OF Afgh=nistan than It
IS in Kentucky There are more muir
ders in Louisville with 100000 people
han there are in London with its
1000 ,0oo There are more murders in
Kentucky with its 2,000, 900 people than
n Great Britain with population OF
40,000,000. Finally, there are more
murders in the United States than in
the whole of Europe, with Italy and
Turkey left out and Russia included.
The Nashville American says-and
who can deny-that this statement is
true" The American asseverates that
no other civilized nation approaches
this IN the question OF murder, and
those which come nearest to it are
such countries as italy and Turkey.
where the assassin's knife is freely
used and where men allow their anger
and hate and disgraceful passions to
rule their conduct This nation has
a red record Of which it should be
heartily ashamed"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1902-12-19
Happenings OF
Interest in the
Capital City.

on some OF the questions upon which
the republicans in congress are more
or less divided such as the tariff. He
thinks that me ship subsidy bill Is
presented 20 the fifty-sixth congrtss
ought to be modified; he favors the
Nicaraguan canal but thinks II ought
to be purely an American institution.
without IAN English accent in any
syllable OF it, He wants the re-cn-
actment OF the Geary. or Chinese ex-
clusion law; is in favor of the passage
of the river and harbor bill. and gem
orally believes in liberal legislation and
appropriations.
The speaker is more occupied at
present with members importuning
him about good committee assignments
than anything else. Old members wan
to be advanced on committees, and new
members are anxious 10 get on i'm
portant committees for the purpose Of
getting some show. He handles them
all in an easy, suave style, and while
some leave him disappointed, very few
go away angry.
A0nAl al ~ CO lft@NtN-AAR-Af 80" 49, -@-@E
of visitors at the White House has in
creased. instead Of diminishing. since
congress came to town and opened
shop. Until this week the White House
has been the center Of attraction anc
arrivals at the capital have made o
bee line to see the president II was
thought the opening Of congress would
draw the crowd toward the other end
of Pennsylvania avenue, but II is ap.
parent the president will gain and not
lose visitors by the assembling of the
lawmakers.
The people who are trying to raise
money for the purpose of erecting o
memorial arch to President Mckinley
have devised a scheme to make tho
people Of this city contribute. One oi
the largest theaters in the capital haa
been secured for each Sunday night
during the winter Prominent minis
ters have been asked to deliver lee
tune during the winter admission tc
which shall be free In the middle Of
the discourse the speakers are to pause
long enough to permit the arch build
ers to take up collection. the pro
ceeds of which will be devoted to the
arch.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1902-12-19

a. 49,
According to a newspaper published
at Whiting, Kan, a resident of that
town, while on his way home a few
nights ago, had an experience in the
city park which was very thrilling. Ar
he was passing near the band stand he
heard strange noise After investi-
eating he found it came from a large
rattlesnake. 1t was pinioned to log
by large limb broken from a tree. He
set the snake free and went on his
journey homeward, unconscious that
the snake was following. He sat down
to supper and in picking up a spoon
which he had carelessly dropped on
the floor again saw the snake. He led
it and they became fast friends. The
snake would eat from his hand, wrap
around his neck and hug him and
sleep coiled up at the foot Of the bed
This continued for week or more.
But one night the man was restless
and could not sleep. He called to
the snake. and it did not respond as
usual, so he arose. lighted the lamp,
and began to search for his pet. He
found the snake in the parlor wrapped
around the neck Of a burglar. and its
tail hanging out of the window, rat
Ting for the police.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1902-12-19

There are a number Of odd and use
less habits" said a physician. that
are much commoner than you would
suppose. One Of these is the habit Of
counting the steps in the flights that
you ascend and descend. Another very
common habit is the one Of stepping
carefully over the cracks Of a flag
stone pavement Nearly all boys have
this habit. and, though they partially
outgrow it. 1t returns to them from
time to time throughout their life
Touching all the iron posts you pass
IS still another habit This Dir. Samuel
Johnson had. and it has been cited as
proof Of a certain unsoundness in his
mind: but II the men who cited it had
looked into the matter they would have
found that there are thousands besides
Dr. johnson who like to touch iron.
posts. All these habits are the Yas-
tiges left in us, perhaps. OF the prlmi
tive man. They are the signs OF
primitive curiosity and Of a primitive
fear. Philadelphia Record.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1902-12-19

There Is one North American ami
NAL that does not share the fate Of
becoming extinct which appears TO
threaten ali the other beasts on this
hemisphere, The exception is the
prairie dog. Man has been so busy
and successful In exterminntlng this
little ground squirrels natural enemies
the coyotes. badgers. ferrets. hawks.
owls and eagles--that the prairie dog
has multiplied maryelousiy and on
certain vast grazing lands lts mounds
are 90 many and its consumption and
ruin Of herbaee are 80 great that only
half as many cattle can be pastnrcd on
them as formerly. when the beasts
we're kept down by other animals that
fed on them.
The federal government and the
,tate governments Of Dakota, Nebras-
"a. Kansas and Texas are spending
lots OF money now to fnd some means
,or exterminating the pest
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1902-12-19


"You cannot comprehend said Pro-
lessor b. Fogg, that since plus 2
equals 4, therefore plus A equals g.
will elucidate. You perceive that nu-
merals are not entities, but represen-
tative Of concepts7'
YES" said the child, doubtfully.
But il the aggregate of two entities
plus is assumed to constitute A and
is represented by that sign, similar
signs may be adopted for the superim-
posed concepts OF two representatives
more. which is 6. Is that satisfac-
tory?"
The child said; Il don't understand,
and my papa says A and is AZ"
Said Dr. Tucker you have no men
tai vision, child; you are incapable OF
perception"
Now. let me explain" put in the
practical man: minus equals ?,
doesn't it? Now, that is equivalent to
saying that plus 4 equals 6; If we
transpose the minus sign, changing il
to plus. we have 6 equals plus A..
Isn't that clear"
The child began to cry.
well, maybe it was only "a" sobbed
the child Il saw it on sign
"The trouble Isl said the practical
man, that the pupil doesn't want to
understand"
just then an ignorant man came in.
Here, little one said he, there's
three pair Of dice; now count them up.
How many can you maker"
why, six" said the child. Bolton
Hall in Life.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1902-12-19
cunlous wAYs or wooINo.


There are more ways OF wooing than
there are nations, and 70 the everyday
person many OF these may well seem
very strange indeed. The etiquette of
love among the Hungarian gypsies, for
Instance, says the Toronto News. is
as follows: Cakes are used as love let
ters. A coin is baked into the cake,
which, at the first opportunity! Is flung
TO the fayorite object. The retention
OF this is looked upon as a virtual "ac-
ceptance;" its forcible return. an in
timation that the attentions" are un-
desired. This. OF course. requires 10
eloquence on the lovers part In some
parts Of the world, indeed. all that is
demanded OF lover is physical force.
Among the semi-savage tribes in the
Arabian desert, round about Sinai, the
lover tries to seize the girl while she
is pasturing her fathers flocks, She
pelts him with mud sticks and stones,
and will be held in lifelong repute If
she succeeds in svoundlng him. Once
driven into her fathers tent the lovers
object Is attained and the betrothal is
proclaimed. The Eskimo smitten one
goes one better inasmuch as he
marches openly and without any beat
ing about the bush to his loved ones
abode. seizes her by the long, strong
hair. OF her fur garments, and drags
her to his lair Of ice or tent OF skin.
There is considerably more poetry in
the method Of the Yao Midos, one OF
the many Murmese-Tartar peoples,
who WOO their wives absolutely with
out words, but to the sound of music.
On the first day of winter they have a
great feast, at which all the marriage
able girls gather and listen to the mu-
sic made by the bachelors. who sit un-
der and around the desire tree each
playing his favorite instrument AS
the maiden he loves passes him the
youth plays the louder and more feel
ingly II the girl ignores him and
passes on he knows that she Will have
none of him: If she steps up to him
and puts flower upon his instrument
he jumps up, takes her by the hand,
taking care not to drop the flower, and
they wander OFF into the moonlit
woods. The japanese lover, wishing
to make known his love. throws a
bunch Of pale plum flower buds into
her litter. II she tosses the blossoms
out the suitor is rejected If she fastens
them in her girdle the suitor is ac-
ceptable to her In Spain the young
man looks amorous but never speaks
until after acceptance by his lady love
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1902-12-19

Two gentlemen who had slipped past
the meridian Of life without hardly OBJ
serving the fact were talking about
ages while eating a deliberate luncheon
a couple Of days ago, when one Of them
told a story which embodies the expert
ence Of more than one man. 1T really
came 70 me with a little shock he
said Il took sleeper al ST. Louis
for New York. and there we're only
half dozen men aboard when I re-
tired FOR the night. In the morning.
while IN the toilet-room brushing my
hair. saw in the mirror the reflection
Of the back OF an old gentleman l did
not remember seeing before. He ap-
pearad much older than any man had
noticed on the car the uight before.
and I made up my mind that he had
come aboard after ] had gone TO bed.
! watched the reflection while arrang
ing my hair. and then turned. intend
ing to speak to the old gentienAn. You
can imagine my surprise when found
that had been looking at the refcc-
tion OF my own back
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1902-12-19
rnn EplouREs To REAp.
Aaa % Your Kaewlezs OF tho rsmpsins
oyster

oyster.
This belas the oyster season all In
formation concerning that sea animal
known 20 the illiterate as the luscious
bivalve" is in order We know that
oysters sometimes give peorle typhoid
fever, taste strongly Of oil II scoopod
up m the Staten Island Kills, are
whltened aad fattened for The New
York market by being kept In fresh
water and fed on corn neal that their
favor is spoiled by the process and, IN
short. a lot OF things about them which
were, perhaps just as well that we did
not know. At present discussion is
going on as TO how long an oyster lives
provided he IS let live. Prof. Moblus,
a German authority on the subject.
says that the Schleswig oysters which
they eat in North Germany are from
seven to ten years old when they come
into the market. and he has seen some
which were between twenty-five and
thirty years old, though he acknowl-
edges that oysters even twenty-five
years old are rare. Bertram In his
Harvest Of the Sea- says that an
oyster is in its prime when Il Is Ave
years old. Prof S. p Woodward as
serts that an oyster on artificial
ground does not arrive at maturity un-
til IL Is between five and seven years
old. but those grown in natural beds
mature at the age Of four. II is be-
lieved that an oyster, left To its nat
ural chances, would be likely to arrive
at an extreme old age. Fossil oyster
shells have been found which were
nine inches thick. from which II IA
computed that the oyster must have
been more than hundred years old
at the time of its death. The age of
an oyster is determined by the outside
Of its shell. the successive layers or
plates overlapping each other. mark
ing a years growth each. Up TO the
time Of the oysters maturity these
Shoots, as they technically are called.
are regular. but after that period they
become irregular and are piled one
over the other SO that the shell be-
comes more thickened and bulky and
the age marks more confused New
York Press.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1902-12-19

A weil-known explorer Of Africa
says there is no doubt that many ami
mails talk and laugh in certain ways
among themselves. IN Africa he has
heard the gorillas laugh when they
came to rob a mans field and found
that elephants had already destroyed
everything, as IL they appreciated the
joke against themselves Again. he
heard gorilla which he found
among some choice berries call an
other monkey that vas a long way