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The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-31


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The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-31

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The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-31

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The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-31
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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-08-18

The origin of the song "JohI
Brown as given BY James Howard
Jenkins is questioned by F. r. Reed
private in company H. Second Wis
consin infantry who says he sang 8
John Brown" song Ia 1859 and 1860
He says
There was a song Of John Brown
which was snng quite extensively
among the aboiitionists. but, owing
TO the abolition sentiment which il
Areathed, never became gerefaliy
popular sang it myself greai
deal and still retain ID my memory
two verses of II. Those two verses
ran like this:
John Browns body lies molderlnx N thl
grave
While weep ve sons Of hondase whom n,
ventured all to save.
And thougn be lost bis life IA striving
for the slave
Yet his soul Is marching Oh.
tie captured Harpers Ferry vita hi
mighty men go few.
Ile frightened old Virginia sil She trem
pled through ana throt ea
They hung him for a trait0e. fhemnpi ve.
"A traitor crew
But his soul Is marching on
The rest Of the song ! have forgot
ten, but these verses a9i some 9th
ers I sang a great mani times in 5s
abd So and TO the sa2le music as
they are now sung. ans Mr. jenkins
did not have to go "saarching Tor a
fitting tune The samples he sives
are only corruptions similar to those
every regiment had
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-08-18

Where Are the Crippicsf
Il have often wondered. said the
Major. what became Of the men Sc
verely wounded in battle. Nearly
1000 officers and enlisted men came
out OF the Union service minus an arm
or a leg Where are they now? OF
the 100000 men wounded in battle.
$4,000 died in hospital and $4,000
went home disabled How have the
latter Jared IN life's struggle? To
what extent did the wounds limit
their activity in business. and in what
degree were their lives shortened by
the wounds thar gave them 50 much
anxiety forty years ago.
There are comparatively few one.
legged or one-armed men prominent
in public life. | have in mind Gen,
Henderson 81 Iowa. who manages his
artificial leg so well that few ever
think Of his disability Congressman
Castle Of Wisconsin has only one arm
and Gen. Rice OF the census depart
ment lost an arm and a leg. but in
some way you forget that such active
men must have been counted at one
time among the seriously wounded
There are Beaver OF Pennsylvania
Gen. sickles and Gen O. @. Howard
representatives Of men who were not
put al any great disadvantage by the
loss Of a leg Or an arm. There musi
be two or three thousand others who
suffered amputation. and wonder
where they are Chicago Inta'
Ocean
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-08-18


roof Ola Jim worshiped him His
keen syes softened when be looked
at him. his grun voice took on a new
tone. and Mrs. Schlitz said: aHe vas
quite agreeable since dot baby came
But one night as Jim neared home.
returning from the foundry. he saw
an engine al the hydrant belching
smoke and steam A vague fear 6llpd
him. He hurried on as fas as bis
withered old legs could carry him
Other engines pulled along the street.
water ran Ia big streams through the
gutter, A hook and ladder truck
dashed round the corner changing fu-
riously. Jim pushed his way through
the crowd II was the tenement thai
was bEning.
Keep back, you old fool, you've
got to set out Of the fire lines.
roared a fireman Jim glared 4 hin
and ran on The stairs ke-c filed
with iirwueR. pipes and running wat
er Smoke was driving them back.
Jim pushed on DO You know n
they got out my baby?" he eroaked.
II dunno. guess SO. Which door
do ySu live on3r answered the ha1-
ehoked fireman But Jim was gone.
Just ilNn there came crash The
roof fell III Ana Mrs. Flaherty walled
from ~ opposite pavement. "Abl
whaTll do whin onld Jim comes
home and I have to tell him the FIRE
Nnen brought ont the baby smothered
intirely?"
Bur old Jim had gone New
York Times
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-08-18
Adjustable FIata.

California which boasts Of it's dis.
tanees possesses flats which can be
made 10 economize as much space as
an opera hat does These Pacific
coast apartment OutHarlem Harlem.
The sturdy pioneer who has wrestea
the upper part OF Manhattan away
from tho goats, and who lives IL
rooms e1uipped with folding beds ~
versible tSbles, telescopic chandeliers.
disappearing DOORS condensed milk
and canngl tongue, would regard bis
home as a suitable country estate
we're he to enter los Angeles apart
ment house,
Here there are twelve suites.
each containing two rooms, which BY
means OF eleetric push buttons au6
occult springs. hinges and trapdoogs
can be transformed into apartments
having double parlors. two bedrooms.
library dining rooms and kitchen.
The owner Of SUCH an apartment al
though actually possessing a floor
area only eighteen by thirty feet, can.
nevertheless. by means Of few
sleight-0i-hNnd passes. practically
quadrupple the size Of bis premises.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-08-18

The Thirty seventh National En-.
campment viii assemble in San Rran
cisco during the week beginning Mon
day August II. Headquarters Will
ne established temporarily at the
Palace Hotel where the Executive
Committee Of the National Council
Of Administration win meet. The pa
rade VIII take place on Wednesday,
August 10 The Committee on Gre
dentials is made up as follows Chair
lgsn. John w. Schail Adjutant Gen
eral John H. Thacher. Assistant Ad-
iutant General. Department of Con
necticut; f A. Walsh. Inspector Gen.
eral Thomas b. Rodgers. Assistant
Adiutant General Department Of
Missouri and Peter b Ayars. Assist
ant Adjutant General Department Of
Delaware.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-08-18

you forget he promised to preak YOUR
little Tommys neck if he came oop
those stairs again
I've done the same mesef NANNY S
the time. said Mrs Flaherty. Tom
my's a torment and tribe even to
me Ne hearts broke wild him. ana
the poor Guild sinner IS kapine the
babe from goin' to a home I'd hate
to have one Of me own 60 70 home,
can ten yop That Mrs Schltz
Strange to say. the child lived and
fattened under the care Of the old
man. Day times he rolled on the
airly foor Of Mrs Faheriy kitchen
ws,i little Dan end q NANCY dog that
beioneed 10 the children At night
ne returned 10 the one spouess room
Haage be cuddied aud cooed ID she
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-08-18

Paris Is to have a statue OF Byron
from the chisel Of Jean De Charmoy
who has made notable monuments 81
Baudelaire. Sainte-Beuve and Alfred
De Vigny. His new work is a com
mission from the Byron committee. In
itiated by Sir Edmund Mouson ana
Jules Caretie and including the Ouch
ess D'Uzes, the Duchesse De Rohan
the Comtesse De Noilles. the Com
tesse Grenulhe, Nine Sarah Bern
hardt At. MounetSnlly Edmond Ros
tand. NJ sardou Anatole Grance
Francois Coppee NJ. sully Prudhom
me and Sir Henry Irving
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-08-18


Al the banquet 10 Boston over the
unveiline Of the monument to Gen.
Hooker. Gen. Rosser Of Virginia. a
valiani soldier OF the Confederate
army. said
In a peaceful waviI never before
faced So many Yankees in my life. II
is good for the southern man TO in
duige in this privilege in order to
show how complete is the restoration
Of good feeling between once warning
brothers who forevermore. they and
their children and children's children.
are 70 vie in loyalty to the old dag.
What man is not proud thar he IS
citizen of the United statese What
greater privilege can he granted himg
How can an Astor basaly betrav his
country by swearing allegiance to an
other2 No southern ra1 blessed with
riches gained from h's fellow man
would be as unerateul and as unpa-
triotic as tiatl
Il ilAnk God ofter that am an
American know no action or creed
or party bui love o. suntry. To-day
the south reioices because victory
pereAed on your baraer Here and
theH ia southland man wni say
that The Confederate should have tri
amghed Put that Ia down as
FOO q hypoente thank God the
sonth aid not win ara SO does every
sensible southern man and woman.
~Gen Robert E Lee told me that
me Amy Of che Potomac was .he
greatest ever marshaled undpr sko
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-08-18

Not long ago attended sol
diers reunion says a veteran. and
was surprised TO see a prominent
business man come in ON crulches.
! had met him scores of times with
out realizing that he had only one
leg ! knew that he limped a little
but not more than dozen Of my
friends who are troubled with rheu-
matisln 7 had seen MIN go up stairs
and down and walk about his little
office, but never would have known
tRat he had left leg at Chickamauga
had J not gone to the reunion. where.
70 please his soldier friends he ap-
peared without his cork leg.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-08-18

( We had a good trip. but ] can inn
agine circumstances under which we
might better IL considerably. In fact,
but for a few untoward happenings
we would have come across under
nine days As It is, we are about
-four and a quarter hours over nine
days. Our orders told MS to go from
The Needles 70 Mount Desert rock
under natural draft. We had fair
weather most Of the way, but we en-
counteied one gale about fifty mile
gale. and also some trouble from fog
and icebergs We we're obliged 10
slow down considerably on account OF
the latter. and one day averaged only
about ten knots We also lost a trihe
OF time IN picking up the rock.
The officers and men have all done
their full duty and worked with a will
They are considerably tired. but il
they had the orders they would
cheerfuly steam back again
Tie kearsarge is IN excellent con-
dition. save that it Is dirty as we
took on a deckload OF coal on the
superstruciure deck and we have
traces az that with ms. We arrived
just about the time / anticipated, and
20 far as everything but coal is con.
cerned could go back just as well and
rapidly. We had 164O tons Of coal
when we left England and now have
400 tons In the hunkers This would
be enough to last four days under
economical steam The trip at this
time Of the year. could be made much
more rapidly II we we're going from
Mount Desert Rock to The Needles
rather than the other way a. we en-
countered head winds, head currents.
and head seas.
Capt Hemphill said that it is i'm
possible 70 give the exact figures Of
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-08-18

'I walk down The Valley Of silence
IIoWn the dim vOiceless Yallcy-aionc,
And j hear NOT the fall of "a footstep
Around me- save Gods and nv own.
And the hush ol my heart IS as hulE
AS hovers whore angles have flown!
eLong aso. J WIS Wear, Of voices
Whose music my heart could not win;
Long ago. 4 WAS weary of noises
That fretted my soul with their dini
Long ago. was weary Of places
Where ] met but The human-and sin
"ln The hush of The Valley Of SILENCE
dream an the songs that J sing
And the music doats down The dim valley.
Till each finds q word for a wing.
That 10 hearts like the Dove OF the Deiuse,
a message of peace they may BRING
s'po you ask me the place of the valley
Ye hearts thar are narrowed Dy caref
il deth afar between mountains,
And God and his angels are there
And one isl the dark Mount Of Sorrow,
And one the bright Mountain Of Prayer
-fr Thomas Ryan.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-08-18
NEGRO a FINE LlNeuisT.
Remarkable Talent Shown by Wash
inaton coiored Man,

Remarkable Talent Shown by WASH
inaton colored Man,
During the pope's illness there was
host OF callers at the apostolic del
egation in Washington. Their visits
brought into notice one Of the most
remarkable negroes in the country
James J. Mattingly. who answers the
doorbell. He is 21 years old and a
linguist "of considerable parts. .
James can talk in five different Lam
guages and is studying three or four
more. The boy talks luently in Eng
lish. French. Italian. Latin and Greek
and is now studying Spanish. Portn-
guese. German and other languages
He has a mania for language studies
and Cardinal satolli, formerly the ap-
0stolic delegate to this country, Car
dinal Msrtineni and Bishop Rocker.
who for many years was the secretary
Of the apostolic delegation, have all
helped the jetblack youth to conquer
the classics His parents can hardly
read or write
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-08-18

A sea captain. Axel simonson has
begun suit for $4,000 against Q pub
fishing company Of New York Tor Al.
legged libel growing out Of a maya
zine story The yarn. as published.
described a shipwreck in which the
captain was the hrst 70 reach shore in
the hreeches buoy leaving his crew
and n woman passenger 70 care for
themselves. Simonson says be IS cap.
tain OF a ship Of The same name that
The boat ran ashore not long ago and
that he was not the FIRST TO get 10
,and. He declares the story, although
it figures as fiction has set him down
as q coward and damaged his reputa.
tion az a rfiiable seafaring man.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-08-18

the several days runs. as they must
90 first 20 the department.
"As a matter Of fact. I have not
the data for the exact figures as yet :
be said. We have been up the last
three days aud nights practically all
the time and have not spent much
time making estimates. In ro0nd
numbers, we have covered $500 miles
in nine days four and a quarter
hours
with this for a starter It Is seen
that the Kearsarge on the trip across
has logged on an average Of l3 is
knots an hour Capt. Hemphill stated
that the best days run averaged
about j 5 knots. while the slowest was
10 knots. This was on the day that
the proximity Of icebergs interfered
with speed.
During the entire trip Commander
Abraham p. Zane. the chief engineer,
scarcely left the engine room long
enough to sleep. No small credit is
due to Lieut. William T, Pratt. the
chief navigator. under whose care the
Kearsarge hardly deviated hair
from the exact course in the trip
from The Nedles.
In going across the ocean TO partici-
pate in the naval display at Kiel the
hattleship Kearsarge made the best
speed for the distance ever made by a
battlsship. The route from New York
to The Needles. 3,245 miles. was tray
ersed without a stop for any cause at
an average speed Of 1862 knots an
hour. "A TO IS knots an hour being re-
corded for the final two days. Capt.
Joseph N. Hemphill. the commanding
onicer. has had experience in speed
ing ships. He commanded the Buffa-
10 when II established the thirty
day record from Manila
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-08-18
"Old Jim.


There was a cry outside the door
Jim flung il open roughly and
listened, a stick concealed in the hard
behind his back No step on the
rickety tenement stairs. no derisiye
laughter greeted his ear What was
ii? He peered into the semi-twilight
from under his shaggy gray eyebrows.
Again a shrill cry. this time from the
corner Of the landiLs A kitten in a
bundle Of rags He stopped 10 pick
It up. two little hands flew up and
baby cooed in his face
Old Jim derlsively known as the
"Old Crank. had once been young
and even good-looking but an acci-
dent in the foundry had settled all
that ard the death Of his mother had
left him alone to grow hard and sus-
picious and often ifascibe from an
aching spine. Hence his one little
room. at the top Of the third long
fight Of stairs. became his den. from
which he emerged TO growl under
provocation on without, at the numer-
GUS children who swarmed the stairs
In fact. he had more than once been
helrd to say that if more kittens were
kept and more children were
drowned the world would Be better
OF; whereby he earned the enmity
OF she mothers in the tenement 1t
was the very irony Of fate that
brought the helpless baby 10 his door
The innocent babe, delighted 10 be
held, smiled and cooed and waved
It's aimless hands Cid Jim. poking IT
cautiously TO see if a note Of explana-
ton WAS attached-for he mad heard
Of such things was astonished to
have his finger grasped firmly IN the
tiny wandering baby fingers SO lit
Tie. so soft. and ye; so strong the
clasp ran up the old mans arm and
settled around his heart The baby
gurgled softly That was enough. The
old man looked cautiously down the
han to be sure hat no one was grim
ming at him, stepped back into his
room and closed the door
Mrs. Flaherty on the floor below
had five small children and large
motherly heart and Il was 10 her
that Jim went that night, after the
children We're an out playing on the
sidewalk. to ask advice on the food
for the baby, and if she would sell
him some clothes.
@sell " some clothes? Faith, I'd
give EN- We gladly II it wasn't
that Dicks out Of work again. But
you don't mean to kape the poor 1t
tie thing, do ye? You bein away so
all day
How can tell about that. Mrs
Flaherty? All want 10 know now
is whether to give fl anything but
milk and how to put its clothes on
eAh, We helpless man III come up
right away AS soon as DO ms
dishes"
And the next day she conhded to
her neighbor. Mrs Schlitz: "Ye ought
to Of seen that room Neat as wax.
me dear TO be sure there was moth
ing much in it. The ould crusiy
creetur bent double over The little
baby a changin its clothes as handy
as any woman ana the little white
baby accom- away up into his black.
wrinkled face, like as if he was its
guardian angel And he the cross.
old creetur a-smilin yes. actually.
a-smiSn Why il TUX me ahack 50.
I offered 70 kape it next day with me
little Dan I'd inst as soon have two
bahieA rollin under me feet as one.s
You vas Elm goot neighbor Mrs.
Flaherty. said Mrs. Schhtz. y dink
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-08-18

old mans arms and brought his IN
fantile graces TO cheer hitherto
barren life Flies in bottle amused
him by the hour. or be played in the
last suDbeams trying 20 fasten them
down with his little hands He knew
no &ear, and an the world was biz
friend His sunshine filled the life
OF the old man and overfiowed lnso
an the homes in the tenement Thus
q was that his digestion was nearly
ruined by smreptitious sticks OF dirty
candy from the corner grocery. while
? lcsely disposition caused him 70 be
surfeited By caresses from ali the na.
tionalities that dwelt together with
more or less harmony under the same
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-08-18

George Dewey secretary Of the ~
agara Fire Insurance company. tells
of an old woman who called on az
agent Of the company down South G.
arrange for insurance 90 their house
and furniture. We haven't had nc
insurance for five years. she ex
planned. We hey iea been dependin
On tho lord but I says to my old
man. says. thet its terrible risky
eHs.--NeM York Times
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-08-18
FAsTEsT IN LIE MoRLo.
Proud Record Held BY United States
Battleship Kearsarse.

Ffeud Record Held BY United states
Battleship Kearsarse.
With a great wave under ts bow
and black cloud Of smoke pouring
from ia two tunnels. the battl@hip
Ksarsarge steamed into the harhor
Al Bar Harbor. Me. July 26. ending
the most remarkable passage ever
made across the ocean BY a battleship
and establishing a record from Eng
land 20 this country for that class Of
ship
Leaving The Needles at 1925 p. m.
July ~. The Kearsarge arrived at
Mount Desert rock July 26 al 1880
>. M. covering the distance OF slightly
less than 5000 miles In nine days four
and one.qaarter hours when the diff
ference Ia time is taken into consid-
GRAFTON
This performance makes The kear-
sarge a worthy compeer Of the Ore.
ron which withstood the hardest test
20 which such a vessel ever was sub
jected on its world famous trip Of
1900 miles from San Francisco 20
Santiago
The trip Of the Keafsarge has
demonstrated that a ship Of Us class
cas- maintain an average speed Of
oyet thirteen knots on a long voyage
without injury 10 its machinery (;
that its coal carrying capacity Is ad-
eqnate ior a trip Of 1000 miles under
fun speed. that IN time OF war ships
of this class can cross the ocean and
engage an enemy at once, and that
the Kearsarg Is one Of me most per
feet ships in the world. and fully
equal 20 any emergency
"I,do not know thar there IL q great
deal Is say. said Capt HemphiiL
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-08-18
G4MZ7EZZ2E
Z4ZEy

sun This may not be admitted now
but history win So record IT, In in
teiligence IN esprit du corps in
equipment in dash and bravery. ia
personnel there never was its equal
Il think ! am fully reconstructed.
for believe ! am the only rebel who
ever rode in procession where a
statue was going TO be unveiled to a
Union general"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-08-18

For the second time the Jury ap-
pointed to select a model for a monu-
meut 20 the Austrian empress. Eliza
beth. has failed TO assign q prize. Four
Of the competing artists. Matrai, Mar
go. Teltsch and Zalat have. however
been invited 10 submit further plans.
for which they viii receive proper re.
muneratlon.