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An Unomcial Order.

Thomas, tenth Earl of Dundonald,
At his death vice-admiral in the
English navy, tells in his auto
biography of Seaman" an incident
On board the Hind, on which he
served as midshipman. The pet of
the ship was a parrot, the aversion
IF the boatswain, whose whistle the
bird learned to initiate exactly. One
day party of ladies paid us visit
aboard. By the usual means of a
whip" on the yardarm several had
oeen hoisted on deck. The chain had
descended for another. Scarcely had
its fair freight been lifted out of the
boat alongside when the parrot pi-
ped, LET go!" The order was in
stantly obeyed, and the unfortunate
lady, instead of being comfortably
seated on the deck, was soused in
the sea. Luckily for her, the men
were on the watch and quickly
pulled her out, and luckily for the
parrot the boatswain was on shore,
or this unreasonable assumption
Of the boatswain's functions might
have ended tragically for the bird.
Youths Companion.
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The Land of Sum
shine and Hope
By HON. JOSEPH Il. CH0ATE,.
United States Ambassador to Great Britain.

to these influences than most of willing to ad
us would admit it the readily if we could bu
sensation of being without it for time. 1t is
made our land the land of hope for the peoples Of
new home: it is sunshine, brilliant, God-give
has aided in the realization of the hopes they have
brought with them.
NAMES US AZ HOPEFUL, PUSHING, PRO
GRESSIVE PEOPLE. 1t makes us optimists
rather than pessmists, and, it is the optimist
the person of hope rather than despair, who sue
ceeds so we succeed because of the influence of our
sunshine upon our lives.
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CofTee in Ancient Times.

Coffee, the beverage of a large por-
ton of the civilized world, contains an
oil of very active properties. This aro-
matte shrub, which was first discov-
cred wild in the desert Businesses of
Arabia and Ethiopia, produces clusters
of fragrant white flowers growing
from the axis of the leaves The berry
is red when ripe, and separating the
kernel from the husk was a laborious
and difficult process when performed
after the primitive methods of the
east. Coffee acts upon the nerves. and
is an antidote for many poisons. The
herdsmen of Arabia noticed the exhil-
arating effect of this plant upon their
f1ocks, and the bowling Dervishes
drank infusions' of the berries to keep
them wakeful in their wild night-rav-
ings, long before it was in use as
beverage. Coffee, unlike spices, is a
modern luxury, having been introduced
into Europe only about the middle of
the seventeenth century. = Peoples
Home Journal.
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to get the lines right. But finally
succeeded and sent it to the president
with letter wishing him health and
prosperity. In return 1 got a letter
from Mr.. Porter, which you have
SEEN"
Davis has in his shop an instrument
which he calls double guitar. 1t is
two instruments joined on the prin-
ciple of the tongue and groove, and
can be played as one or taken apart.
as the player desires. He said he did
not make this entirely, but the idea
originated with him, and he made the
second instrument and the jointure.
He has been playing in bands and mu-
steal organizations for nearly thirty
years, he says, but now he finds it no
longer remunerative, and his age is
such that the labor is tax upon his
energies. But he still amuses the chill
dren in the neighborhood once in a
while with rare and dear old tunes. He
sits in the doorway when work is light
and plays for the benefit of the assem-
bled urchins, and they stand silently
till the music is over.
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PEN POINTS.

Police sometimes get those who help
themselves.
An optimist is man who beives that
all eggs will hatch.
Your failure is as sweet to your rival
as it is bitter to yourself.
There is a period in every girls life
when she dislikes her surname.
The tastes OF millionaire are often
imprisoned in pauper's purse.
There are probably two historical
falsehoods for each historical fact.
Pride makes some people ridiculous
and prevents others from becoming SO.
A genius is man who is able to dis
pose of his troubles for consideration.
Virtue is its own reward and genius
is frequently found in the same class.
If a man owned the earth he would
try to dodge the tax collector just the
same.
Some men are not content with be-
ing treated well; they want to be treat
ed often.
A newly married couple always i'm
agine they are living on ',ove until the
first butchers bill is hanoed in.
When a man wants TO borrow money
he discovers that his most distant rela-
tons don't always live farthest away.
Chicago Daily News.
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A CURE FOR DROPSY.

Ashley, North Dakota, June 2nd.-J
Fl. Hanson of this place has found q
cure for Dropsy.
For years Mr.. Hanson himself has
suffered with Rheumatis of the
Heart and Dropsy, and of late has beer
so bad that he could not work.
He has tried many remedies but
nothing he could get helped him in the
least and he was growing worse and
worse.
Finally he began a treatment OF
Dodd's Kidney Pills, and to his great
delight he soon found that the Drop
steal Swelling was gradually going
down and that the rheumatism of the
Heart was also disappearing. He
says:
81 have taken seven boxes of Dodd's
Kidney Pills and am feeling better
than 1 have for five years.
81 am able to work again and if the
Dropsy or Heart Trouble ever comes
back will use Dodd's Kidney Pills at
once"
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attracted the attention of Homer by
her peculiarities. She throws out
flames continually without actually
being in eruption, although the nature
of the ground shows that formerly it
was, subject to them.
There are some 4OS volcanoes, big
and little throughout Central and
Linear systems. AS their names would
indicate the Central system of volca-
noes consist of several vents grouped
together, but one Of which is usually
| in eruption at any one time, and the
Linear system consists of vents ex,
tending in one direction along range
of mountains, as the Andes in South
America or the Rocky mountains in
North America.
The three volcanoes to which we
| have already referred are included in
! the Central system, as is also Hecla in
Iceland. The first recorded eruption
of this volcano was in 1904, since which
| time about % eruptions have taken
place, those of 17s4-S5 and 1856 be.
| ing the most violent. In the former
outbreak rivers were dried up and
nHOlC CT. LII &c LIZ ="
craters were formed during the period
! of the eruption from which pillars OF
| fire arose to the height of $4,000 feet.
| The lava formed several hills, and
pieces of pumice stone and scoriae OF
two hundredweight were thrown ~
leagues, and the ice and snow which
had covered the mountain for cen
turtles melted in great floods.
The two most northern volcanoes on
the globe belong to this Central system
and are located on Jan Mayen island,
and are active. Volcanoes on the
Canary, Cape Verde and Ascension is
lands are included in the same system.
The four volcanoes in the Hawaiian
archipelago, three of which are active,
Mauna Loa being the principal one,
also belong to the central system.
But while the central system SEEM
ingly can lay claim to the most noted
and most destructive volcanoes, still
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ALICE ROoSEvELT'S VIOLIN.
he Fine Instrument Is Presented by
Its Maker to the Presidents
Daughter.

In small shop on Dryades street, in
lew Orleans, Samuel z. Davis ham,
ners away all day long and sometimes
ar into the night, fashioning musical
Instruments, turning out scroll work
If beautiful design and finish, and oc-
:asionally doing the more prosaic
work. of repairing broken table leg
,r fractured chair rung, says an eX-
.hange of that city.
He has been working for more than
10 years in New Orleans. He was born
n New Jersey and came to this city
n 1915. How old he is cannot be ascer-
aimed, for this is the one point about
which he maintains the reticence of
IN old maid. But he will show the let
;er he received from Secretary Cor
;elyou acknowledging the receipt of
he beautiful violin he sent Miss Alice
Roosevelt the other day, and the let
.er he received from Secretary John
Addison Porter acknowledging the re-
.eipt of the model for an electric launch
which Davis sent to. Mr.. Mckinley four
Tears ago.
The violin which was sent Miss
Roosevelt was made by the old man. 1t
vas a gourd-shaped instrument, made
.or the most part of mahogany, inlaid
With mother of pearl, and with just
/ trimming of cypress. 1t was all the
work. of mis- hands except the strings,
which were brought here. He made the
keys, the finger board, the body, and
he fashioned it with rare skill, intend
~ oil + ho 10 10 rr ha6 h
ter of the president something which
The will keep. 1t was a beautiful piece
IF craftsmanship, daintily curved, ex-
luisitely touched, and it had tone
rare and sweet. 81 worked on the VIC
lin for months" he said. 81 had no in
tention at first of presenting it to Miss
Roosevelt, but, as I progressed with it
ind saw it was going to be the best
work of my days, determined to send
1t to the presidents daughter. It was
lssuredly a good instrument one
seen. 1 thought she would appreciate
It, and I am sure she does. You see
the letter from the presidents secre-
tary thanking me for it,"
Then he took down a model and
began to explain the shape and finish
of the violin, and how carefully he
selected each piece of the wood which
went into it, how they would produce
the harmony which he desired, and
how he played it for days and days
In the loneliness of his shop in order
to be sure the work was good.
"When President Mckinley was
| elected" the old man went on to say,
81 made up my mind to send him a
souvenir, and made the model of an
| electric launch. This, too, cost me
months of labor, but was proud of it,
because there was not detail missing
It took some of my finest saws to get
the curves right, though, and it took
all my little knowledge of sea craft
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Some secret. of the Rath.

Chickweed was believed by Isabel
of Bavaria to be good for the COM
plexion, and, accordingly, she had
decoctions of it made, in which she
bathed daily. Diana of Poictiers
pinned her faith to cold rain water
and took her matutinal tub as reg
ularly as any water loving damsel of
to-day. The beauties of the last CEN
fury also believed in bathing, but
they put all sorts of strange things
in the water to improve their skins,
says Woman's Life. Among the many
other popular, additions to the bath
were veal broth, water distilled from
the honey extracted from roses,
melon juice, and the milky extract of
green barley, and various prepare
tions containing almonds and yolks
of eggs. Queen Marie Antoinette was
fond of bathing, and liked the water
made aromatic with wild thyme,
laurel leaves and marjoram, with the
addition of little sea salt.
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the linear system embraces the great
er number, claiming 365 of 4OS volca,
noes worthy of enumeration. 1t also
has the highest volcanoes, found in
Peru and Bolivia, in South America,
and the most southernly, located in
what is known as the Antarctic CONT
nent on Victoria Land, but n degrees
from the south pole. The volcano is
called Erebus and is active. This lin
ear system also claims the volcanoes
which in recent years have given old
mother earth her most violent shak-
ings up Until the terrible eruptions
in the West Indies shocked the world
with the 80 900 lives lost and the thou
sands more injured, the greatest erup-
ton of modern times was that of the
outbreak of the volcano on the island
of Krakatoa in the Sunda group in the
Indian ocean, in 1883. The eruption
itself was not destructive of life, but
the accompanying tidal wave de-
stroyed about 10000 lives. The strik-
ing feature of this eruption was the
extraordinary atmospheric phenom-
enon, visible over great portions of the
globe, caused, it is supposed, by the
volcanic dust which was shot to an
immense altitude.
The island of Java has AZ volcanoes,
16 of them active. Japan has %, with
from Is to 10 active, and the Philip
pines, Molucca and Formosa 81, with
at least 25 of them active. 1t will be
many a long day before the world for
gets the shock of the volcanic disas-
T.,
merate the large number of volcanoes
of the world, we cannot help but won
der where the mighty forces at work
in the bowels of the earth will find
vent. WILLIS S. EDSON
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cerned enough to think of going to bed,
they consulted together whether it would
be most prudent to trust to the houses,
which now shook from side to side with fire.
quent and violent conclusions; or fly to the
open fields, where the calcined stones and
cinders. though light indeed, yet fell in
large showers and threatened deS truction.
In this distress they resolved for the fields,
as the less dangerous situation of the two
They went out then, having pillows tied
upon their heads with napkins and this
was their whole defense against the storm
of stones that fell around them. 1t was
now day everywhere else, but there a
deeper darkness prevailed than in the
most obscure night, which, however, was in
some degree dissipated by torches and other
lights of various kinds. They thought prop
er to go down farther upon the shore, to OBJ
serve If they might safely put out to sea,
but they found the waves still ran extremely
high and boisterous- There my uncle, hav-
ing drunk a draught or two of cold water,
threw himself down upon cloth which was
spread for him, when Immediately the
flames, and strong smell of sulphur, which
was the forerunner of them, dispersed the
rest of the company, and obliged him to
arise. He raised himself up with the as
sistance of two of his servants, and in
stantly fell down dead-suffocated, as 1
conjecture, by some gross and noxious
vapor."
Since the days of which Pliny wrote,
v
never with the same violence. In 1851
the town of Tore del Greco was de-
stroyed and 1000 lives lost. This cat
astrophe was repeated in 1894, and in
1861 the same town was again wrecked
by volcanic outburst But going back
before the Christian era we find the
eruptions of Etna on the Island of
Sicily were so violent as to draw the
attention of Virgil, who wrote of her
in the Aeneid, as follows.
The tagging winds forsook us with the sun.
And. weary'd, on Cyclopean shores we run,
The port, capacious and secure from wind,
Is to the fort of laundering Aetna Joined.
BY turns pitchy cloud she rolls on high,
BY turns hot embers from her entrails fly,
And flakes of mountain flames that arch the
sky.
Oft from her bowels massy rocks arr
thrown,
And, shivered by the force, come piecemeal
down;
Oft liquid cakes of burning sulphur flow,
Fed from the fiery springs that burn be-
Enceladus, they say, transixed by Jove.
With blasted limbs came trembling from
above,
And when he fell, tn avenging Father
drew
This flaming hell, and on his body threw;
AS often as he turns his weary sides
He shakes the solid hill, and smoke tn,
heaven hides.
And by the way it is an interesting
facttonote that originally the name OF
Etna was Volcano (vulcanus, Vulcan
god of fire), in whose crater Roman
mythology placed the forge where
Vulcan wrought the thunderbolts OF
Jupiter.
Stromboli, on the Lipari islands
called the light house of the Mediter
ranean, has also been in full activity
since the most remote times, having
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A ETH the advent of the hot

MI A m nth the advent of the hot
WEA test day in summer or the
J&OH coolest day in winter. the
WgWY old settler rises up and
W " with an air of superiority
begins to tell of a hotter
day or colder day which he-endured
40 wears ago and in comparison with
which the present day in question is
but a trifing and insignificant affair.
If it were possible to call up the spirits
of the departed and converse with
them, the ear of the world would hear
tales of volcanic disasters which would
make the present awful destruction
wrought by Monts Pelee and Soufriere
pale into almost insignificance. The
terrible story of the eruptions in Mar
Unique and st. Vincent is being so vol
uminously told by the myraid newspa-
pers of this newspaper age that one
comes to feel that it is the worst catas-
trophe of the kind in the history of the
world, but as one draws back the cur
tain of the centuries Vesuvius is seen
sands to the thousands who met death
in the recent disaster.
In the great eruption of Vesuvius in
70 A. D., the cities of Pompeii and Her
culaneum were overwhelmed and
buried under 90 to 125 feet of ashes and
over 100000 people persisted, among
them Pliny the Elder. In letter to
the historian Tacitus, Pliny the
Younger thus writes of the death of
his uncle:
1.-The eruption from Mount Vesuvius
famed gut in several places with much vio-
lence, which the darkness of the night con-
tributed to render still more visible and
dreadful But my uncle, in order to soothe
the apprehensions of his friend, assured
him 1t was only the burning of the villages,
which the country people had abandoned
TO the flames. After this he retired to
rest. The court which led to his apart
ments being now almost filled with stones
and ashes, If he had continued there any
longer, 1t would have been impossible for
him to have made his way out; 1t was
thought proper, therefore, to awaken him.
He got up and went to Pomponianus, and
the rest of his company, who were uncon-
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Novel. That Brought Fortunes.

1t is remarkable how much money
has been sunk and made in the pro-
duction and sale of Sir Walter Scott's
works. It cost Robert Cadell about
100000 to produce his fine illustrated
Abbotsford edition, yet when he died
he left fortune of over $3.50, 900, main
ly derived from SCOTS copyrights
What others have since made out of
these same copyrights in special edi-
tions of the works it would be hard to
say, but conservative estimate places
it as 81, 500, OOO.-Literary Era.
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His Pick WouIdn,t Do.

George w. Perkins tells a story of
an Irishman who, while walking with
his friend, passed a jewelry store
where there were lot of precious
stones in the window.
would You not like to have your
pick?" asked Pat.
mot me pick, but me shovel" said
Mike.-N. Y. Times.
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Some little time ago l visited
my home land, and when l had re-
turned to London with its dense
fogs, l felt more than ever before
that l belonged to a land of sum
shine. of hope, of prosperity and
contentment.
America owes much to its sum
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1902-02-07

One desiring a few hours of
recreation will make no mistake
in attending tie performance Of
"The Star Boarder," which will
be presented here 9 on Tuesday
pght, Feb. flths The play Is q
farce comedy with plenty ofsongs,
dances, meeleys and high class
vaudeville numbers. Mr.. Boyle
will make every body enjoy them
selves during bis clever rendition
Of several comic roles. and Miss
susie Belle Mead will be seen in
her element as a comedian. The
company is large one and have
made astour irOm Name to Cali
fOrnia, playing to crowded houses
and delighted audiences every
where The foe oorchestra is a
big feature in connection with the
play. One night only. Prices %,
50 and 80 cts.
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Just received atF M Denton &
Cos music store, al the latest hits
in sheet music, which they are Of
fering for sale Al popular prices.
WANTED-To exchange monu
mental work, for . good driving
horse. Enquire Marble Works.
Do you need a piano OF organ 2
II you should, eah at F 81 DeD~
tons music store, they have too
many.
Bay your wood Of Ashley.
First door west OF White Swan
Bakery. Il
Washburn msndolins and guitars
at F n Denton & Cos music
~eVEys
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1902-02-07
COUNCIL NEEFNE.
Met AT The Mayors Office And
Some Important Business
Transacted.

The city council met in regular
session at the mayors ofice last
evening aud much business was
transacted.
The committee appointed to in
vestigate the charges preferred
against Marshsl Hopkins made
their report. The report in sub
stance was, that after thoroughly
investigating the matter they
found that the marshal was not
guilty Of any Of the charges pre-
fered against him. Geo. Fox
vas appointed deputy street com
missioner 10 collect street tax.
The recommendation of the
street and alley committee to give
house numbering contract to Mr.
Bert, was adopted.
MarshaIs report for month end
ing Feb. G, was received. Money
eOilseted sls3.
Collectors report for month
was received and referred to aud
iting committee.
ordinance creating an additional
board Of health was referred to or
dinapce committee.
Contract with DR.. East for
dumping ground was accepted.
Report Of street and alley com
mittee was turned over TO fuaDce
committee.
A resolution petitioning The
court to make Chickasha a city OF
the hrst-class was adopted.
An ordinance re-dividing Chick
asha into wards was passed.
An ordinance providing for the
numbering OF houses was passed.
The following bills were all
lowed.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1902-02-07
Notice

! will be at the mavor's Office
Wednesday, Feb. 9th to Feb. 18th
inclusive, to list taxable property
Of the city OF Chickasha. /. I.
W.T.. CLOUD, City Assessor.
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LOCAL NEWS.
Phone, p. If

cOaI-best. Phone, p. If
Old papers for sale at this Of
Acs
VIC Talbot Of Enid is in the
City.
Miss Lena Collins of Enid is vis-
Citing here.
Jim Gillium of Minco Is visit
ing friends here.
Messrs. Thompson and Bur-
Ghetr, two prominent merchants
of Anadarko are IN the city.
WANTED "A good team of mares
must be cheap have the cash.
" G. LANCASTER with Adkins
Bros.
want to swap a good single
seated pheyton for two seated
zig, and pay the difference. In
quire at This Office at once.
james Short, cne Of The
popular Rock Island dispatcher's
is away on i two weeks vacation.
q. O'Lougllin from Des Moines,
Iowa, is working Pad trick III his
absence.
LosT or STcLEN-One Ches-
nut sorrel horse. branded F q;
weight between 100 and 1900
pounds. A liberal reward viii be
paid for return Of same
J. HOLT, Foreman Round House.
All members Of the Royal Neigh
bols Of America are earnestly re-
quested 70 De present at the Ma
sorie bali Saturday afternoon at
3 o'clock. AN visiting members
are invited.
MRS ETA CLOUD, Recorder.
Free sample violin strings at F.
n Denton d Co.'S. mp 10 date
music Store Cell and gel one
WANTED-ro rent furnished /
room, well in, suitable for light
housekeeping, Inquire at this
Office.
The best place to buy your
wood aud feed is at Ashley's. First
door west Of the White Swan
bakery.
Don't forget the lecture Friday
night, by Prof Brownlee, "The
Most woaderful Thing in the
World. " Proceeds for the bens-
fit Of the high school. Admission
25c. Children l5c.
You can End Talman, the tailor,
up stairs, over the Fulton market.
He guarantees entire satisfaction.
Call up and get quainted with
him before placing your order 70
spring suit o. trowsers. ul
For SALE-A few good Polan
China males and sews: Can give
papers on same. l have also
pure bred poultry.
All Hollowell,
Six miles west Of Chickasha.
r. W. Roberts went to Bradley