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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1902-10-25
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N~E[~AeA W. = % AN-fAA'AN ~
Hayu. which may be annexed TO
the United States to escape the grisly
horrors OF voodoo rule and revolu-
tions. ranks second only to the for
bidden lands OF the lamas in its mys-
terious present. As for a past. it Is
such that even the Haytian patriot
scarcely may ind pride in il. and for
the future, the ominous throbbing OF
the voodoo drum is significant OF that
isle Of mystery. lying frog shaped In
the blue Of southern seas.
Old Gen. TiresIas Simon Sam, who
reigned recently as president Of this
black republic" has had seventeen
predecessors in ONCE. none Of whom
served out his term of Office. and some
Of whom died at the hands Of the open
assassin. OF Immediately after the
deadly Mamaloi or Papaloi. With their
secret nostrums. had gained entrance
to the presidential kitchens.
There is not night. year in, year
out. that the traveller in any part Of
the island cannot hear the strange.
awesome throbbing OF the voodoo
drum. Its sounding makes one think
with tremor OF the tales Of the Afri-
,an explorers. and with reason. for
the voodoo drum is a direct importa-
Ion from the Gold Coast and the
Congo. When that drum throbs. Hay
Il knows and bows down to its real
master Not long ago a priestess Of
Eoodoo boasted openly In Port au
Prince that il she were TO beat the
irum In the market square the most
powerful persons in the city would
lot dare to disobey her summons.
It always was a matter Of common
belief that hippolyte was a votary OF
soodoo, and il was believed almost as
commonly that he belonged to the sect
hat sacrifices the goat without
aorns" The goat without horns" Is
young child. and it is eaten after
he ceremony.
Voodooism holds its strength in the
Stands not only because Of the love Of
the people for that form Of worship
but because it is inextricably mixed
with the political intrigue that is go
ng on forever It is said to be dying
out
But no man can tell. One may
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1902-10-25

your way. For he may be a worshiper
OF the serpent himself.
The voodoo drum Is bamboo. with
depth Of two feet. A piece Of goat
skin. with some OF the hail still at
tached to it. is stretched over the top
and Is beaten with the knuckles.
Led by the drumming. which was
plain 70 hear al over the town, the
writer witnessed typical voodoo
ceremony not far from Jeremie. It
was attended BY at least 500 blacks Of
both sexes. The drummer was a white
haired woman. holding a white rooster
in one hand while beating the drum
with the other. The blacks all swayed
back and forth. keeping time with the
drumming, ana chanting q monoionoua
song Of three or four notes. which ner.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1902-10-25
WOMEN WHO STAKE ssro.


Are Never Satisfied, and Prove To Be
Remarkably Hard Losers.
A marked feature Of the betting at
Saratoga is thai Il is induieea In by
practically an the women who attend
tho races. The commissioners write
on the same pases OF their notebooks
the wages OF a Vanderbilt and the bets
Of a Vanderbilt goyerness, While
others pass from school teacher to
lady's maid and dressmaker 10 mil
llonalro's Nife, listening respectfully
and writing down the order that these
fair spectators give.
The time Of the commissioners lives
comes at evening. when they are set
uine up and trying to explain what
bets and odds they played and why
the sums OF money that they turn
over are all that the fair ones are en-
titled to / have seen four men ex-
plalning TO a rich woman that the
SIS given 10 her was all that she had
won. after paying her bets and paying
back money she had borrowed to bet
with.
why" she exclaimed. 4 bet on
every race and won on two ont Of
six. and on one race alone won
$50"
Yes was the reply. "but you bor-
rowed SIS and have paid it back. and
the agent has taken his 10 per cent
commission and you are ahead SIS"
well" she replied. III all You gen
tlemen say II is right. Of course II is.
but know ! won over $50"
And that was a woman who would
pay $50 for a hat or $500 for a gown
and think far less OF parting with
$1,000 than she would OF winning $50
an n horaa race
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1902-10-25
FREAK DINNERS a FAD.


Entertainments Where cussts Cook
for Themselves
Freak dinners are a fad. An or
dinary dinner has lost It's charm for
some people who go out much during
the season, and now that Paris has set
It's seal Of approval on the Corinthlan
dinner at which everyone Is obliged
to cook something. New Workers and
Chicagoans win select this form Of
entertainment as a diversion
In q studio few weeks ago the wife
Of an artist gave one Of these cook
ing parties to dozen guests who
knew nothing Of the fun In store for
them when they arrived At the house
The studio was arranged with long
table holding q chahng dish for each
person. with some particular Wand be-
fore Il ready to be cooked Each
guest received a chefs cap and apron,
and in a short time the dishes we're
huboling and simmenng in a promis-
ing fashion.
When the meal was cooked II was
served BY the men. who acted as tae
walters Strangely enough. the din
ner in eve-z particular was a success.
But cooking has become such fad
Of late that It Is considered quite
smart to know how to cook some par
ticuIar dish In a chafer. The bach.
eIor apartment feasts, at which the
host acts as cook. have increased the
desire for culinary knowledge. as
these occasions prove very enjoyable
10 those used to more formal enter
tanning
The Hopping Rheumatism.
Yes. said the old man. peared
lax he wuz give over inter de hams or
Satan. en- Satan ficted him wild de
hoppin' rheumatism. Fust Il wuz IN
one place. en- den It wuz another; but
be went ter prayin' ter be relieve Of
II. en- one day. whist It wuz a.hoppin'
FUN one tint ter another. It hoped
into his wooden leg. an be pulled on
De leg. an th'owed Il In de fre. en- It
en- de rheumatism wuz teetotally con
sumed. Atlanta Cunstitntlon.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1902-10-25

Fruits. summer drinks. confection-
cry. with home made candies a spec
ialty are dispensed by Mr.. Mattox in
his neat place on Chickasha avenue.
Hot chill is also a speciality and a
fine line Of cigars and tobacco Is
handled. The remainder Of the fall
and during the winter fresh oysters
in every style win be served. Mr..
Mattox has been in this business
nearly three years and is nrospering
because he is treating the public
liberaIly and conrteously.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1902-10-25

Pietro Mascagnf's managers have
taken not unusual precaution to pro
tect themselves from loss in case any
thing should happen to him during his
coming visit to this country. They
have insured his nfe for 500 900 in a
New York company. While In this
country some years ago Sarah Bern.
hardt insured her own life and last
year Nine. Lii Lehman's managers
took out policy for s25. 600 on her
life.
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especially watched Mabelle. She re-
minded them so much Of a sister and
daughter that had been lost at sea
long before.
~Mahelle loves the sea and watches
it by the hour. just as Jenny used to
do" said the married daughter. Jenny
was always perfectly daft about the
ocean, do you remember? Especially
just before her Mabelle was born"
Well. Of course, they saw Mabelle's
baby clothes that Mother Kipperly
had saved. and the Iocket. and all the
little things; and when they saw, they
knew this Mabelie was their Mabelle;
and they took her into their arms as
the long lost dear one. and wept over
her. and kissed her many times. and
in moment learned to love her a
great deal. They gave her new
clothes, much prettier than those
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1902-10-25

was getting big girl. now. She went
TO school in winter. and her teacher
said she was great scholar. She
learned 10 <ad and often read to
Jack stories = the sea that he liked
best. and stores OF strange countries
where he was going wi =. well. wAen
Mebelle no s~ager needed him.
One summer. when Mahelle was N
her fourteenth year. an old lady and
her married laughter came to oard
Tor few weeks at the litti hshine
village They sPt ~ dag IN the beach
and Watched he children Fiay. ard
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1902-10-25

Ten years experience AZ lumber
dealers in Chickasha gives this firm
the distinction Of being the oldest
dealers IN their line in the city. Their
stock is very large one. composed
Of the various grades Of the best
lumber from leading mills Of the
country, lime, cement. sash. doors,
blinds. paints, etc. The large stock
handled and the experience Of the
fra % dealers enables them to make
Gloss figures on estimates for build
ines.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1902-10-25

.aN FNiiIJ u MIX EEB4 TOT 9@lts
1t is a bad policy 10 mix eggs OF
different degrees Of freshness for the
purpose Of making the fresa eggs sell
the poor ones. It quite uniformly
results in the bad eggs pulling down
the value Of the good eggs, Instead
OF the buyer being fooled and paying
fresh-egg prices for stale eggs. the
seller gets fooled and receives for The
fresh eggs he has mixed IN the LOT
only stale-esg prices. The grocery
man that buys the eggs from the con
mission merc-ant ia wise enough to
set his price on the value OF the poor
est eggs and rot on the value OF the
best If any good eggs we're sent &c
market the consumption OF eggs
would be enormously increased. o.
rather the demand for them would be
This would mean the increase Of
value. Stale eggs should never be al
lowed to go from the farm. To such
as want to work on bad eggs on the
public. we would recommend the Dan
ish method Of selling eggs, where
every shipper Of bad eggs fl fined s1oe
for each bad egg and is expelled from
the association when he has sent to
market three bad eggs.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1902-10-25

The investigation Of the Illinois
Pure Food commission shows that
chemicals Injurious to health are free
ly used Not only are acids such as
salicylic and benzoic and the prepare
tion known as formalin utilized as pre-
servatives Of sirups and fruit juices
but aniline dyes are not uncommonIy
employed for mere purposes Of color.
Ing
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1902-10-25

Mr. Cox Is the proprietor Of the
Star Barn. and is doing regular
livery and sales business. About
FIVE months ago he took possession.
and already he has established good
trade and made many friends. He
has a wagon yard in connection, and
does boarding TO the satisfaction Of
horse owners.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1902-10-25
the OLD VILLAGE Doeroa.

Along shs vinars streets where naples
lean
Together like old friends about the way,
A faithful pair oft and anon were seen
He and hia nag, both growing old and
gray.
What secrets lurked within that cid
souls breast.
OF mother love Of throb Of palms and
ills
All safely sspt beneath that buttoned
vest
Receptacle Of powders and pills.
Thrice happy he when some fond moth
er's eyes
Grew moist with love unspeakabis to
ind
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1902-10-25

In the factory where the manasel
is overworked and has 10 do n.osi
OF tie actual making OF the nutler
atterd TO the machinery and o. q
duties. il is almost impossible for lid
to devose his atteation 40 ise i.llt
points Of factory manaeclAent hs
has neither the time nor The inciina
tion to work IN the best interests o.
his employers. The manager must
necessarily be a student and shoult
have time to read aud think, as wei
as work It is false economy 70 w0ri
short-handed ln any business. mere
especially in 4 dairy iaeinf4. ehtn
seven days a week have 20 be take1
into consideration. therefore the cx
ira help required should be unsrade
inely supplied
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1902-10-25

Prince Rola, son and heir Of the
muree Of Raiputana. India. viii soon
become student at tue University Of
California. He is a graduate OF Cal
cutta- The prince is the first native
prince Of India to 90 to the Western
States for education.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1902-10-25
VOOdoOiSm the Power
in Hayytian Republic

er varied In intensity or pitch or
rhythm from beginning to end.
The Mamaloi. a tall, nne looking
woman, was dressed in a loose gown
Of white, with red ornamentauons on
her shoulders. and with = white and
red cloth tied turbanwise around her
head. She began a slow, swaylng
dance and with such few steps that
she hardly lifted her feet from the
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1902-10-25

DR.. Edward Everett Hale says he
Will try this winter to persuade all the
woman's alliances IN the Unitarian
churches OF Massachusetts, to devpte
their studies the coming winter to the
subject Of peace.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1902-10-25

snussed q Ter breast her babe whose
p4rAdiso
within her soul and bosom wrrs en-
tWiued.
aow Oft he held the wrist to mark the
slow
Pulsations OF the feehly nntterlne heart
While his kind words. soft murmuring
and low.
Esaayed TO calm the mournera' pain and
smart
He was to all a father brother. friend
Their Joys were his; their sorrows were
his own
He slept for years where yonder willows
bend
Above the violetz that kiss the stone.
Now York Sun.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1902-10-25

The food and drink Of hogs sbo1l6
Be perfectly pure # pure preaarl Il
desired.
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artists and art lovers of the world
certainly must find this an effort
worthy of their support.
The campanile was one OF the
glories of Venice, like the cathedral
and the ducal palace, the Rialto and
the Lions.
The fall of the tall tower had been
feared. A great crack suddenly ap-
peared in the corner Of the wall and
extended across the structure. split
ting two of the openings which
served in lieu of windows. A night
concert which was to be held in tle
piazza was ordered stopped by the
police in view of the imminent dan
ger.
The shock was tremendous. but for
tunately. the damage done to adjacent
buildings of historic fame was Singh
larly small. Only corner OF the
royal palace was torn, while ST. Mark IS
itself and the Doge's palace escaped
unharmed. The vestibule on the east
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Especial Letter.)

the top was reached by series ot
inclined planes instead Of by stairs
and there were no wiuGows in the
tower. only clefts for light.
AS late as 1885 the foundations wer'
examined and found to be in good
condition after 800 years and more OF
service. The campanile had for
foundation piles of ten-inch white pop
lar. Upon the piling were laid layers
of oak planks. and upon these ira
chyte from the Euganean Hills was
cemented This foundation bore up
the immense weight of masonry in
the 300-foot tower for 1,002 years.
The Venetian people are in mourn
ing. Their campaniie was their eye,
their dial. their pivot. about which the
whole life Of the city swept. Besides,
it was beautiful. and it survived to
them out Of a past of glory and power.
A watchman in the gallery night
and day for hundreds Of years swept
the sea with his eye for the approach
of the argosies that made Venice rich.
or the raid of the enemies that want
ed her destruction. For hundreds o.
years the bells of the tower, far up
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side of the campanile, however, and
the royal library were carried away.
= The lofty bell tower dominating all
the surrounding buildings did not so
much break and fall as collapse and
crumble. That is why the surround
ing ancient structures escaped.
In the vestibula four of Sausovina s
statues of Venetian mobiles and a beau
tibui example of a Paul Veronese
painting were destroyed, One wing
of the big angel of the bell tower
was thrown down to the front door
of the cathedral, smashing the Bando
column.
The campanile was 325 feet high
and AZ feet square at tne base. Ii
was built Of brick and the belfry that
topped it of marble. Upon the beifry
stood an angel, clad in golden plates,
laid on core of wood.
One thousand years ago it's tounda-
tions were laid by the Doge Pietro
Tribune, and it was completed 231
years after in 1131 A. n. The belfry
was added in the first year OF the
sixteenth century and was the work
OF Dartolomeo Buouo. The gallery at
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at the head and foot of the effigy an
angel is represented drawing cur
tain SO as to expose the figure Of the
dead man. The sarcophasus, on
which the effigy lies, has reiefs Of
the Virgin and the Angel of the An
nunciation, With the CruCifiXion or
some other sacred snbject between.
In later times these. subjects We're
usually replaced by allegorical figures
of the virtues, and the simple curtain,
drawn by angels, gradually became a
large teut-fike canopy, of rather
clumsy ana tasteless form. In most
churches the sculptured decoration.
apart from that on tue tombs, was
concentrated on the west facade, the
tympuAum of the central doorway
being often filed with very fine re-
lief, such as that from the church OF
the guild Della 'Misericordia, now in
the South Kensinston museum. In
domestic architecture sculpture was
but little used. after the Byzantine
period, the splendor Of the facades de-
pending mostly on their rich colored
marbles and on nodded tracery s.fid
string-courses /,
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in the air. had chimed the hour, or,
like tocsin sounded the alarm. had
rung out i'll joy for the victories of
Venice, had sent aown mufIied sounds
to tell Venice 10 mourn. Even now
in this modern day. the base OF the
tower was the center of activity. and
the million doves of Venice were fed
there every evening by the bounty o;
the municipality.
TIL the fourteenth century Venice
>1ntlnued TO adhere TO the old ByZaD-
tine style of sculpture. In the early
part of the fourteenth century FIoren,
tine influence rapidly gained ground
and many sculptorS from Florence
came to work Oh the richly carved
capitals Of the ducal palace and
other places. and especially produced
large number of very beautiful
tomhs, with recumbent efHgies. One
very graceful type. the general motive
of which was first used by Arnolfo
del Cambio, was frequently repeated;
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n nth the fall of the campanile
WI of St. Marks cathedral one

q YllTH the fall of the campanile
WI of st. Marks cathedral one
~ of the famous glories of
IH423XaJ Venice was destroyed. The
campanile was relic OF
time which to Americans in particu-
lar seems far remote. It was first
built more than thousand years ago.
It was q monument to the Italian de-
votion to art during the darkest of
the middle ages. The heroic angel
which crowned it was cast and put
In position while the discoveries of
Columbus were still subject of
marvel and mystery in European
courts. The men and women, mobiles
and peasAntry. who once thronged its
vestibule wore the picturesque cos.
tunes of an earlier and more roman
tic epoch. The destruction Of SO
beautiful a relic of an earlier civilfza-
ton will be regretted by every tour
list who has been to Venice and by
every one who ever excepts to go
there. 1t is to be hoped the Venetians
will find a means oe restoring the
great tower in as nearly it's original
condition as may be possible. The
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embassy. Nine. Cambon has never
accompanied the ambassador to our
shores, not even for a peep at us, but
NJ. de Margerie is coming as first Sec
retary. and he is coming soon. His
wife, this great beauty. is the sister
OF Edmond Rostand, the foremost au-
thor of French heroic drama. The
new secretary is a literary man as we'll
as diplomat and was stationed at
Copenhagen when the news of his
transfer came to him. He comes to
us in place of NJ. Eugene Thiebaut,
who was transferred. at his own re-
quest. to Switzerland, that he might
be near his parents. M. Thiebaut was
nc infr1luently charge daFaires. A
notable experience was his last sum-
mer. when Chinese affairs came to a
crisis while the French AMBASSADOR
was enjoying comfortable vacation
on the outskirts of Paris.
Mms. Vignal: wife OF the military
attache. has been the ONLY lady ever
remotely connected with the embassy.
She is very quiet; the Vignals live in
g. modest home.
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Made Famous by a Sena.

Pay Director Caspar Schenck, who
was recently buried in the naval Gem
etery at Annapolis. was the author
of poem which once attracted as
much attention as Admiral Coghlan's s
''Hoch der Kaiser"
1t was based on the order of Ad-
miral Foote abolishing the custom of
piping all hands to srog" The grog
was abolished and the pay OF every
enlisted man was raised fve>cents a
day Schenclt wrote song. the re-
frain of which was:
They raised our pay FIVE certs a day,
But stopped our gros forever.
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I" finishing his Philippine speech
Senator Pettus, who is 81, sat
GX29 steadily writing at his desk
for more than an hour. but
at the same time apparently listening
TO what Senator Spooner was saying:
What's he writing?" asked Senator
Millard OF Senator Scott.
Don't know" replied Scott, ''but it
seems too long for a letter."
The curiosity Of all hands was sat
isfed soon after, for Mr.. Pettus arose,
took up the manuscript and read from
1t. He had been writing an answer to
Senator Spooner while listening to
him.
It is expected the tremendously pop
ular Count A. Tannowski is engaged
to the Polish heiress, Princes Get
wertyirska. At Newport and Bar
Harbor the count was the originator
OF many summer evening entertain
ments, which included the revival Of
serenading. He will soon return to
America to take charge of the royal
and imperial Austro-Hungarian lega-
ton, in the absence of the minister.
For the first time since the retire
ment of Baron and Baroness Won
Thielmann have there been ladies
among Germany's representatives.
The ambassador enjoys their assist
ance at his large affairs, which are
very numerous. The staff of the en-
bassy on Highland terrace is as large
as that claimed by any foreign gov
ernment.
Countess Marguerite Cassini IS now
abroad and with her chaperon she will
soon be Joined by the Russian am
bassador, who is lonely without the
vivacious Marguerite. Before she left
Washington the insignia. of the Order
of the Chefakat, the coveted Turkish
decoration for ladies. was sent by the
sultan to the young countess and pre-
sented by Ali Ferrouh Bey, the Tur-
kish minister, whose wife, the coun-
tess had the honor OF entertaining at
luncheon during the early spring. 1t
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Not Home-kilIed.

An English resident of Shangahi,
having made good dinner from q
tasty but unrecognized DISH called
his cook, Wun Hoo and congratulated
him: on the excellent meal =.
~ hope you didn't kitL*cne of those
dogs Ito provide. the: soup" jestingiy
remarked his daughter, referring. Of
COURSE, to- the, pariahA, which haunt
Chinese streets,
=. Wun Hoo made solemn gesture of.
dissent. -
No, kllee dawig, missee...' he ex-
planned Him alleddy dead when
'pickee uR!y s, H.,