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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-04-07

Never has there been time wher
some element Of interest has moi at
tached itself 10 hand work OF ever
the simplest Kind, and to-day. wher
the mechanical processes OF pictoria
reproduction have practically annihi
lated the thought Of handicraft. II IL
pleasant TO know that in many places
the love for the old personal element
in human endeavor is still cherished
as a precious thing.
One OF the smaller fields for ex
ploitation along these lines that has
been considerably developed during
the last few years is that OF the
hsad decoration Of some strong OF
beautiful thought. which when framed
and hung as a wall ornament serves
the double purpose OF furnishing .
pleasant bit OF color for the eye anc
giving every day a needed uplift L
the soul jaded with the strain ane
rush OF our modern life methods.
The writer has very distinct re
membrance OF the effect upon him
during some gray days in his life Of
finding upon the wall OF a guest cham
Der OF O. kindly home where he wa,
visiting the prettily decorated lines
now well known. beginning "sleel
sweety in this pleasant room etc
and Of how much sweeter his rest was
than 1t would have been had not the
dainty little mental sleeping draugh'
been administered.
There is also vivid spot in hn
mind as to the time and place wher
he first ran across. during an evening
call. William Ellery Channing's sym
phony. ITO live content with small
means: TO seek elegance rather thar
luxury. etc, and with what determin
ed persistency he has continued tt
cling to the letter and spirit OF a.
least the first clause OF that fine lit
tie production ever since
1t has been work Of no small
pleasure then to have been able foi
several years past to place thes,
pregnant sermonettes in many homes
where they have spoken gently anc
encouragingiy every day to those thai
understood. each carrying with It
bit Of hand work In water color il
addition to the helpful text
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-04-07
Amy ard Navy eamss.

Representatives Of the army and
navy athletic associations met IN con.
ference at Philadelphia last week to
discuss future athletic contests be.
tween the two institutions No agree
ment was reached and the conference
was adjourned without a date for an.
other meeting being decided upon.
n was expected that definite action
would be taken on eligibility rules. the
arrangements for this years football
game and the question Of tickets and
ticFrt scalping
Tne navy representatives. presented
new set Of rules which barred all
players who had completed for four
years at some other Institution prior
20 their admission to West Point or
Annapolis. The Amy opposed this
rule and insisted that future games be
played under the same conditions as
heretofore existed No decision was
reached.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-04-07
Pension, far oId soIdl.r..

G. S. Layton, in a letter to the Bos-
ton Herald. says: "At different times
Of late have noticed in your valued
paper that two senator's have intro
duced bills with reference to soldiers
pensions. think one was In favor
of granting a pension Of s12 month
to all soldiers who had served ons
year or more The other would grant
the same amount to all soldiers now
drawing pensions without regard to
term Of enlistment. I am heart and
soul with these two senators. II our
country was poor and just recovering
from a Boer war, II our vaults did not
groan under the weight Of hundreds
Of millions OF dollars which are lying
idle to-day. then perhaps they might
be satisfied with the paltry pension
now doled out to them. There seems
to be some favored ones who have no
trouble in passing the board Of ex
aiming physicians. while others who
are as fully, and In many cases more
deserving Of an increase, are turned
down and are thus kept applying until
the months and years pass by and At
last they die. Give Them their just
dues. they are old men to-day. those
boys Of 61l Cheer their aged hearts
with a pension Of s12 a month, that
they may look back on those soldier
days In camp and field with gratitude
and greater love for Uncle Sam"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-04-07
Veteran Fireman Gives Good Advice
Chief Swineey of ST. Louis Points out How Many Lives
Might Be Saved If People Would Keep Th=ir Presence
of Mind in Time of Danger

Were you ever caught in a fire.
Pray that you never may be. but if
you ever are one of the snfortunates.
heed this advice given by the veteran,
Chief Swingley Of the st. Louis fire
department. who says that ~. forty
nine out Of every fifty cases where
persons jump from burning buildings
and sre killed or injured they would
be rescued If they waited until the ar
rival OF the firemen.
What persons should do if cut on
from escape is to shut the door of the
room in which they are and make for
the nearest window The best way is
TO crawl. There is always a space
next the floor where the air is good.
Smoke always rises don't care II
a building is filed with dense smoke.
a window can be reached by crawling
and keeping the head close to the
floor. Persons should get on the out
side Of the window. The room may
be flied with fire, but il will take
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-04-07
(o)aPflr6 6Hdles

have chickens. If not turkeys. for
Christmas dinner but between rs and
the chickens was a line OF guards.
and not one Of us had the counter
sign.
With the countersign the way was
open to a Christmas dinner and as
chairman OF the committee Of ways
and means suggested plan to gel
1t. / got hold Of an old cavalry sword
the night before Christmas. and, ad'
justing the belt so that the sword
made a good deal Of noise when
stepped I formed a dozen or more OF
the boys as we usually formed a pa
troll guard, and when we heard the
real patrol coming l stepped out in
the thick darkness and shouted.
Halt" The officer in charge Of the
patrol answered my challenge In tha
usual way. saying that he was friend
with the countersign. He WAS direct
ed to come forward and give the coun-
tersign, which he did I could not sea
his men, and be could not see mine,
but he supposed naturally that l was
on patrol duty. The outcome was
that, with the countersiEn. we went
through the guard line, found good
~ number Of chickens. and bad good
Christmas dinner. Chicago Inter
Ocean.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-04-07

Grand Army men throughout the
country seem to be opposed to paying
honors to Lee. The movement against
this started in Washington some
weeks ago. and IL is becoming general.
Grand Army posts Of New York city
and OF Scranton, Pa, have adopted
resolutions condemning the erection
Of statues. Massachusetts, posts have
taken no formal action yet, but it is
generally understood that they will
discountenance the movement at the
next eneampment
Only a few years ago it was pro-
posed to erect a statue on the battle
field at Gettysburg in honor Of Lee.
but as those having the matter In
charge insisted on an inscription
which praised the patriotism Of the
Confederate leader. the Gettysburg
association would not allow the statue
to be placed on the grounds
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-04-07

Eddie HanIcn a Coming Champion.
Some OF the best fighters that the
ring has produced have come from the
Pacific coast There appears to be
something in the climate out that way
that tends TO the development Of great
boxing artists Two notable examples
are Jim Corbett ex-champion Of the
world and generally acknowledged to
be the best boxer that ever drew on a
glove, and Jim Jeffries present holder
OF the championship title who is head
and shoulders above any fighter OF the
day Jimmy Britt has recently shown
himself to be ring performer OF more
than ordinary ability. and now comes
Eddie Hanlon, who is at present the
pug!llstic idol OF the City Of the Gold
en- Gate Hanlon's recent fine show
ing against Young corbett the feather
weight champion has doomed his
stock Immensely. and there is much
dissatisfaction expressed ia the far
West because the referee did not give
the decision to the San Francisco lad.
The battle was a stirring one from
start TO finish. Hanlon had Corbett on
the verge Of collapse on more than
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-04-07
Made Failure of His Life
Sad Story of The Rev Edward Dunbar Famous Evangelist
and Author ofe7heres Light in The Window for
Thee"-Died IN Poverty and Disgrace

The body OF Rev Edward Dunbar,
author Of the Sunday school song.
There's a Light in the Window for
Thee. will be taken from the pau
pers graveyard at Coffeyyille, Kan.
and buried by the side Of the mother
Of the deceased in New Bedford. Mass.
Relatives Of the dead preacher-poet
lately have communicated with the
Coffeyville authorities on the subject.
After serving a term in the Mime
sofa penitentiary for bigamy in the
early 70s. Dunbar became a wanderer
and nothing was heard Of him till
three years ago in the Coneyville city
jail. where he applied for food and
lodging. It was a stormy night, and
none knew from whence he came. He
was given succor, but death came to
him before morning. Letters in his
pockets told who he was. but as no
kin could be located by wire, the au-
thorlties buried him.
Dunbar was a rising young preacher
in New Bedford. with a wife and four
children. Apparently without cause
he left his family and came to Kansas,
engaging in evangelistic work. He
conducted reviyals in many towns
with marvellous success. He went
from Kansas to Minneapolis. MINI,
to conduct a series of revival meet
ings. While there he fell in love with
young woman who attended his re-
viyaI and married her against the
wishes of her folks. who were suspi-
cious that all was not right with the
evangelist.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-04-07
Visions Of the verdict.

She was 4s If she was a day. He
was %. They were the only two oc-
cupants Of one Of the carriages Of the
Scotch express.
Are you a commercial traveler?'
she asked suddenly.
Yes. madam, | am"
In what line, sir2"
Groceries. madam
"1t is YOU then. you horrid. horrid
man. Aren't you ashamed Of yourself
to so annoy a lone woman passenger"
Il. madam? What do you mean?'
"Oh. you base wretch You know
it is you that has been scattering
samples Of rice all over the floor to
make people think We are young
married couple
The train was just stopping. and he
took one look at that face. picked up
a brown paper bag that had accident
ally got torn. dashed down the plat
form. and though his luggage has been
deposited two weeks at the station he
has not appeared to claim it.-London
Answers.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-04-07

did those ducks taste last night? Were
they gOod2"
They didn't taste at all, for | was
fool enough to leave them on the rack
in the train
Some months later mutual friend
remarked BY the way, doctor. did
you really leave the ducks in the
train that night?'
The doctor fiared up at once.
What do you know about themi
If I had known who played that trick
on me l would haze killed him next
day, for never felt so upset in all my
life. got home little after o'clock
and found my friends and their wives
waiting for me. ! at once handed the
package to my wife and told her to
hurry the cook along. and in about
two minutes I heard a blood-curdline
scream in the kitchen / dashed out
to learn the cause and there was my
wife standing dumbfounded before
some medicine bottles and heaps OF
paper and rags To make matters
worse th~fe was not a single thing
in the ice box, and we had to chase
round and make up meal Of canned
goods.
The only consolation I had in the
whole matter was that think fooled
the crowd next morning and put them
against a good guessing proposition.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-04-07
Maine Troops at cettysbura.


On the opening day Of the Maine
Grand Army of the Republic Encamp-
ment in Bangor. Commander Edward
c. Milliken made a reminiscent ad-
dress in the course OF which he said:
Perhaps the battle of Gettysburg
furnished as great examples Of heroic
bravery and daring as any during the
whole war.
There we're fifteen Maine organi-
cations that participated in this
great battle The first day on Semi
nary Ridge Halls Second Battery
and Col Tilden's Sixteenth Infantry
did terrible executic1. fighting like
demons. The Sixteenth lost nearly
all it's men in killed. wounded and
prisoners.
Down in the Peach Orchard we
find Col. Lakeman with the Third
Maine: at the Devils Den. Col. Walk
er with the Fourth Maine At both
these places the fighting was fierce
and heavy.
"On the Wheat Field was Lieut..
Col Merrill with the Seventeenth.
This regiment, with its wings uncoy-
cred, and with no support, held a
whole rebel horde at bay for time
until reinforcements came. Now go
over to the Clump Of Trees and along
the stone wall to the Bloody Angle
and you find Col Heath with the
Nineteenth. This regiment was on
this line ali, the second and third
days fight. did bloody work. and
helped to repulse Pickett's charge.
Now we drop over to Little Round
Top, on the extreme left OF our line
Of battle, and here we find Col.
Joshua L. Chamberlain with the
Twentieth. This regiment was charg-
ed by four times its number Of rebels;
charge upon charge was made. and
the old Twentieth was as firm as the
rocks on which they stood, and fin
ally drove the rebels back. Also on
Little Round Top was Capt. Mcclure
with Company D. sharpshooters. who
did excellent service. On a knoll at
the foot Of CUPS Hill we find Capt.
Stevens with the Fifth Battery.
"On our extreme right was Col.
Smith with the First Cavalry. and
near the Peach Orchard Lieut.. Dow
with the Sixth Battery; Col Edwards
of the Fifth. Col. Burnham with the
Sixth and Col. Selden Connor with
the Seventh. were on our left center.
The most of our Maine organizations
are found right where the hardest
lighting was done, and they did heroic
battle and lost about half their
numbers.
Comrades. the Union Army. con
sisting first and last Of nearly s.0OO,-
600 men, was such an army as was
never before raised. and probably
never viii be again. The Grand
Army Of the Republic is. practically
continuation OF that army. It
stands alone among the organizations
OF the world There has never been
one like 1t. there is only this one nov.
and there viii never lie another
Boston Herald.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-04-07

During the civil war there was a
tacit understanding between both the
Nationals and the Confederates that
the residence and the grounds Of
George Washington should be undis-
mrbed by either. The soldiers OF
each side made pilsrimages to Mount
Vernon when in that vicinity without
molestation from the other. Although
the warfare ragged throughout Wash
ington's state. that part Of It occupied
by himself during his life was not
desecrated by march or battle Ona
spot in the United States was held
sacred from the touch Of wars pas
sions and hates At that shrine the
visitors Of 1S6i-65 were not Federals
or Confederates. but were Americans.
L Leslie's Weekly.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-04-07

President comiskey Of the White
Stockings announces that he has
signed a new inhelder in Harry Glea.
sen. the little brother OF kid Glea.
son.
The White Stockings went South In
sections Those who live in the West
met at Chicago and were taken under
Comiskey's wing. These are the two
catchers. Sullivan and Eddie McFar-
land. Jimmy Callahan. Roy Patterson.
Pat Flaherty. the new pitcher and the
outfolders. "Cozy' Dolan. Fielder
Jones' and Odwell Lee Tannehill
started direct from Cincinnati. and Is
bell was picked up en- route The
Eastern players congregated at Wash
ington and went direct to Mobile.
from there undsr guidance Of Tom
Daly.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-04-07

The executive committee Of the In.
terc0ilegiate Association OF Amateur
Athletes OF America met az New York
and considered arrangements for the
annual games. Under the rules these
games will take place the last Friday
and Saturday in May at the Berkeley
oval II satisfactory arrangements can
be made Franklin b. Ellis or Penn
sylyania Is 10 be the graduate man
ager. as he has been for several years.
James +. Sullivan. secretary -treasur.
er OF the A. A. A.. who was the referee
last year. win serve In the same capac-
ity this year. The committee ad-
iourned to meet on April 25 In Phila-
delphia.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-04-07

some time before the fire reaches
them. Persons should wait untii
their clothes catch on fire before
jumping. 1t is almost sure death to
jump, and always far better to
wait
Burning buildings do not fan i'm
medistely. They are generally burn
ing at least half an hour before they
begin to fall. Even If the building
does begin to fall. the portion where
one is may not fall. OF course. where
persons are placed in great danger.
minutes seem like hours. The en-
gines get to fires in the majority OF
cases within few minutes after the
alarm has been given. Another thins
that | am reminded Of is the fact OF
how few persons know the location Of
fire alarm boxes nearest to their resi-
dences. and how to give an alarm
Everyone should familiarize himself
with the location OF the box and how
to turn in an alarm.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-04-07
JoekeYa Earn nIa MoneY.


Sixty American lads will earn near,
" 100000 as jockeys this sea9pn.
Johnny Reiff expects to clear about
$4,000 Arthur Redfern hopes to earn
the same amount. while Danny Maher
will be content with $s5.0OO Lucien
Lyme win receive $4,000 from j. h
and F. p. Keene for riding in Eng
Land and Fred Taral is under contract
70 a wealthy Austrian for $4,000
Winnie O'Connor will receive s23, 900
for wearing the colors Of two stables
while "Skeetsp Martin has two con
tracts that call for $4,000. A mum
ber OF other jockeys VIII receive hand
some sums for their mounts this year
all OF which proves that It pays to be
a good jockey these days.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-04-07

Judge w d Webb now Of Atchison,
Kan. lived in Minneapolis at the time.
and the girls family employed him to
investigate Dunbar's past It didn't
take long to ascertain the facts. Dun
bar was arrested at Leavenworth,
where he had been called to conduct
revival, and Webb prosecuted the
bigamist and convicted him. his New
Bedford wife appearing against him.
Dunbar was sentenced TO four years
in prison.
when Dunbar was a boy" says
Judge Webb, "he worked in a factory
in New Bedford, living with his aged
mother The boy worked tin late at
night. and his mother always kept a
light in the window for him.
"At the age Of II Dunbar decided to
go to sea- and shipped for a three
years cruise. His mother, however,
kept the light burning in the window
for him. She died before his return
home. Her last words we're. Tell my
boy that will keep a light burning IN
the window Of heaven for him" wait
ing for his coming.
When Dunbar returned home and
received his mothers dying message
he was deeply impressed, and shortly
thereafter repented Of his sins. united
with a church. and began to study for
the ministry Soon he began to preach
and write religious songs. He wrote
There's a Light in the Window for
Thee in memory OF his mothers ten
der love for him. Kansas City MOI
World.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-04-07
ED TheIr chrIa.ma. nlnner.

When Christmas day came in 1861. p
said DR.. A. w Gray. "our regiment,
the Fifty drst Illinois. was at Pedu.
cab. Their was no Christmas dinner
it lsht There was no prospect Of
any and the boys used to that sort
81 thing we're very blue. At that stage
Of the var Uncle Sam was over-par-
tlcular as to the property of tho peo.
pie in the vicinity OF camps. Strict
guard was kept over camp as well as
over the houses and hen roosts IN
the vicinity II we could get out Of
camp into the town or into the eoun-
Try we felt confident that we would
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-04-07

The annual congress OF the North
American Skat association will be
held al Cleveland. o.. May 80. 81 Rnn
June /. the dates selected By the Ohio
organization despite the efforts Of Chi
cago players TO have the event come
on at a later date When the Cleve-
land skat league sent out the dates
President Brandt OF the Chicago skat
Immediately registered protest with
Secretary Osins Of the national body,
declaring that the Ohio club had no
authority I, set the date unless the
North American association sane
toned H.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-04-07
VIZ MEN ARe Ike RAzoRs.
Barber Shows That He Knows Some.
thing OF Human Nature.

Barber Shows That He Knows Some
thing Of Human Nature.
People, said the barber as he lath.
cred. are a good deal like razors 1t
isn't the iyory-handled ones that do the
best work always Yet that kind OF
razor sells more readily than any
other I've seen some expensive 81
yersteel fellows, too. that cut like Da.
mascus two or three times. but wilted
when ] tested them on a good horse
hide stropall right on the outside,
but no body 10 the steel. soft inside
When you select a razor. don't look
at the handle at all. It's the blade. not
the handle that talks The best razor
in my shop has an old gutta-perchs
handle, and keep il in a case that is
red in spots and is getting frayed, but
I'd let you have all the rest OF the
cutters II could keep this one The
man that made il knew his business
It's finely tempered works well all the
time. and II sings when lay il on the
leather pretty hard
Same with people. Some Of them
do three days work In one day. and
three hours work the rest OF the week
When they're tested. they go soft. and
the silver-steel can't save them. be
cause there's too much silver and not
enough steel A half hour on The
stone makes a good razor better. but
it kills a poor one. I'm always sus
picious Of new razor that makes toe
much noise when I try It. ! find peo
pie just about the same as razors. and
I've got SO now I'm a pretty good judge
OF both.
Not 100 close? All right, sirl"-
New York Press
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-04-07

The executive committee OF the
United States National Lawn Tennis
association voted that the challenge o.
the English Lawn Tennis association
for an international match be accept
ed. President DR.. James Dwight ap
pointed the following committee r.
take charge OF the arrangements fol
the match: S. d. Wrenn, r. d. Little.
p. Presbrey and Dr. james Dwight
The secretary was instructed to sug
gest 70 the English Lawn Tennis as
sociation that the match be held on
the grounds Of the Longwood Cricket
club in Boston. during the week Of
Aug. to 10.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-04-07

A man in an apparently moribund
condition was recently takea into a
hospital in Melbourne. Auso a. and
in order to revive him an electric
shock was administered. The results
were startling and unexpected. A
demoniac energy was instaneously In.
fused. He sent the doctor sprawling
on the floor and flung a couple of as
sistants out of the WINDOW Then he
proceeded TO wreck the ward while
nurses ran away shrieking and hsrri.
caded themselves. He had tone 500
worth Of damage before me p6lice
arrived.