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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-04-08
CLEVER ACTS LAID BARE
English Writer Tells How Many Illusions Which Have
Long Mystied the Public Are Accomplished-Thc
"Reheading' and "Levtadon" Tricks,

formed by the aid OF a cranked bal
CA Fig. 81 and a pulley to raise It
the bar being pushed through from
the back at the moment when the
performer Is "hypnotizing" the sub
iect. and in the act Of placing a ligh'
covering over him he guides a clam
(B, Fig. 81 and fixes IT to the top o
the ottoman upon which the subjec
rests. and which rises, unseen, with
him, the edges being obscured by tn,
covering, The bar being the sam,
color as the back scene cannot b,
noticed, and resting upon stans
behind the scenes the same heigh
as the OTTOMAN It is kept firm by tn,
aid of strong supports. Being als'
double the width Cd. Fig. 81 at thi
part greater leverage is obtained t.
hold the board upon which the sub
ject rests secure from fitting eithe
way. By means of a pulley arrange
ment the assistant behind raises am
lowers the body, looking through !,
small hole in the scenes and timinl
the ptIlvi HtA HiVf1lhSu1 Win "a
actness. Fig. almost explains it
self. It shows the method Of passing
the ring over the body BY puttinl
it on at "a and passing It as far a
the centre Of the bar (A) it can b,
brought around and of the body q
(2), apparently having passed righ
over it, although not free Of thi
crank; It is then passed behind th'
and across the body. The sleepinl
body as far as CD. when it can b.
again placed over the end Q) ant
drawn across once more. this tim
being. of course. quite free, havinl
made an apparent circle right aroun
subject Is now lowered. and in tn
act OF being @dehypnotized" the pei
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-04-08
in THE UPPER REGIONS
Interesting Experiments Planned BY the Weather Bureau at
Washington For Studying the Atmcsphere-To
Wrest Secrets From Nature.

an insufficient amount OF oxygen to
the lungs
Up to the present time the loftiest
point on the earth reached by q
human being is Pioneer Peak, in the
Himalayas (nearly $4,000 feet),
which was ascended in 1892 by w. NJ
Conway. The next best record is
held by e. A. Fitzgerald, who in 1897
conquered Mount Aeoncagua (22.422
feet), in Argentina. which is suppos.
ed to be the highest summit in the
western hemisphere.
Mount Everest, in the Himalayas,
is five and a half miles high, the loft
lest peak on the earth, and more than
a mile higher than Pioneer Peak. One
may assert with confidence that 1t
win never be climbed, inasmuch as
no human being could survive for
even a few minutes on its summit.
Nevertheless, men have gone as high
as that. and even higher-in balloons.
In 1852 two enterprising English
aeronauts, Coxwell and Glaisher,
reached an altitude Of five and halt
miles ia a balloon In safety though
both Of them became unconscious and
nearly died. Ten years later. in
France, Croce-Spinelli. sivel and Tis-
sander got up in balloon to within
900 feet OF the same level, and the
first two died for lack Of air. But
the final achievement. which as yet
,.-..,f IA. ,,,,c,.a1ad u-ag fbof ~ T1r
Berson. in 1898. who, with the help
Of a tank Of oxygen, nearly attained
the six-mile level where the highest
clouds, supposed to be composed Of
snow crystals or icy crystals, float.
He found the temperature 81 below
zero.
There is no telling how high the
weather bureaus sounding balloons
will go before they burst, but 1t is
confidently expected that the instru.
ments they carry will record many
facts Of value to science in regard to
conditions of moisture, temperature
etc. in the upper levels of the atmos-
phere.
The temperature at ten miles, 1t Is
already known, is IS below zero, anc
at twenty-five miles is probably 20t
below. At fifty miles it must be mean
TO the absolute zero Of space, the tenn
perature of the dark side of tn,
moon, which is 461 degrees below the
zero of Fahrenheit,
Heights far exceeding even ~
altitude attained by Dr. Berson hav,
been reached by free balloons carry
ing automatic instruments. One O
these. the Aerophile, was sent up in
France several years ago, and, a.
shown by the barometer in its bas
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-04-08

gers when ones memory fails for the
moment would seem to offer ample
proof Of the fact. Curiously enough.
this same condition, a physical move
ment, will manifest itself in many
ways under similar circumstances.
All men do not snap their fingers
when there Is a mental lapse which
they are seeking to overcome. They
find other ways OF bridging the gap.
One man viii pat his foot when he
forgets temporarily Another will
bite his lip. or place his finger
against his temple. or rub one hand
across his forehead, or resort to some
other effort to stimulate his tagging
memory. Why is this? Is ones
memory really aided by these physi-
cal movements2 II must be. Else
humanity would have dropped them
long ago. Almost every man, when
he forgets something, a name. for in.
stance, which is right on the end OF
his tongue, will make some kind Of
physical effort to coniure the proper
image from its hiding place in the
brain cells. Why it is do not know.
l know merely that 1t happens. and
suppose it answers some good pur-
pose.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-04-08
One Of Earth.s L0neEest Spots
Island Of Tristan dAcUnha the Smallest Afom IN he British
Emp1re-CIiulafe Is Excellent and the Resi-
dents Lone>Lveo,

Tristan d'Acunha, 1900 miles due
south OF St. Helena, is the smallest,
loneliest atom in the British empire.
It was garrisoned during Napoleon's
imprisonment at st. Helena. and the
inhabitants are the descendants Of
Corporal William Glass, who, with
his wife and two private soldierS,
preferred to remain there on the
withdrawal OF the troops
Wives for the two bachelors we're
obtained from st. Helena, and some
women convicts were also landed
there fifty years ago. while an oc-
casional castaway has increased the
population from time to time.
There are now only some seventy
Inhabitants, Of whom a bare score
are men. The climate is excellent.
and the residents are very long-lived.
The island ig only eighteen square
miles, and tho chief crop Is potatoes,
but the live stock consists OF 600 cat
tie, 500 sheep and some donkeys, pigs
and poultry. Tobacco and spirits are
unknown, nor are there any laws, the
Oldest inhabitant being regarded as
governor.
Communism IS the prevailing prac-
tice, all things being shared in com
mon and proportionately. The little
settlement Of Edinburgh is the only
inhabited quarter and the bunch OF
weltbuilt stone houses received this
name after the visit Of the duke Of
Edinburgh in 1867.
Once a year the governor OF St
Helena visits Tristrsn d'Acunha
with the mails and to see after its
welfare and report thereon to the
paternal government at Whitehall
Otherwise the island has no com.
munication with the outer world
Ascension island is more import
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-04-08
A CHANCE 70 GROW.
New EnuIsnder's Comment on Future
Of Schooner.

New Enulsnder's Comment on Future
Of Schooner.
Sim Tarbox lives IN a New England
seaport town. He is as simple as he is
big and strong, his muscular develop
ment being The result Of years Of Ia.
Dor around ice houses and on ice
wagons.
One day when business was quiet
Sim wandered away from his ice wag
on and sat down on the stringpiece
Of a pier to admire a shapely three
masted schooner tied up alongside
Gradually Sims curiosity was aroused
Espylng the captain seated near his
cabin. Sim observed.
4 say. skipper, thet's n mighty fine
boat ye got thaer."
yes" responded the captain. shes
a pretty good boat"
After a silence Of several minutes
Sim again broke out: Il say. skipper
how old be she?"
oh" answered the captain, about
six years. guess"
"Geei" said Sim, after what ap
peared to be deep reflection and speak
Ing in his deliberate fashion. as bis
eyes again swept over the schooner
wont she be a higkster fore shes
twenty"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-04-08

however, that use will be made in
similar fashion Of paper balloons,
which win require no parachutes. be-
cause, when they explode. they lose
their gas slowly. and thus coEo down
in a gradual and dignifed manner.
Each paper balloon will be about six
feet in diameter. filed with hydrogen
and coated with parafin yarnish 10
render it sas tight. One advantage
Of such balloons Of paper and rubber
is that they are quite Inexpensive, so
that the experiments made with them
need not cost so much.
Such balloons are called sounding
balloons" because the Weather bu-
reau means to use them for making
soundings in the great ocean Of air,
on the bottom OF which human beings
crawl about, just as the deep sea
fishes dwell on the floor Of the aque-
Gus ocean. The atmospheric ocean,
instead OF being composed Of water,
Is a mixture Of gases, aud lately folk
have become anxious to find out
something about it-how deep It is,
and what it is like as to temperature,
density. etc, in the upper levels.
Curiosity on this subject is so great
that within the last few years many
adventurous men have risked their
lives in trying to make their way
as far skyward as possible most
perillous kind OF enterprise. mas
much as the thinning OF 80 air
makes breathing difficult at three
miles above sea level. aud a little fur.
ther on no human being can sTvive
for any length OF time. Up u, date
only a very few individuals have sue
ceeded in passing the four-mile limit
The famous Einel tower at Paris
which is probably ten times as high
as the Tower OF Babel Is the tallest
structure ever erected by human
hands, attaining an elevation OF 1000
feet A kite has bapa flown from
Blue hill. near Boston. at a height Of
a mile and threo-quaryers. The high
est place permanently occupied as q
residence by human beings is the
Convent Of Hanle, in Thibet. $500
feet above the sea; but the village Of
San Vincent. in the Bolivian Andes
ls only 500 feet lower. It Is observed
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-04-08

Farmer Hornihand: Hello, therei
Well, If It hain't 81 Smith, Blamed If
| hardly knowed ye without yer
whiskers.
81 Smith: Ya'ss, that's whut every
body tells me. Ye see. wouldn't a.
shed 'em, only was blamed fond O.
rum omelets an ordered one ev'ry
time l come to town. TIL last time l
tuck one / didn't notice tn feller
Hghtin' tn match, an pretty soon tn
blue blazes wus up in my whiskers
an had to jump inter a water barl
T. put 'em out. My life insurance
company got onto It, an threatened t
cancel tn policy II didn't either shed
my whiskers or quit eatin' rum ONE
lets, an bad as l hated t part with
'em / took my ch'lce.-Baltimore
American.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-04-08

Stories Of the doings ct children are
always welcome at the white house
and President Roosevelt S. ready at
any time to stop the fow Of public
business to hear a good story about
some other fellows boy as wen as enc
Of his own. When he was ready 20
appoint Secretary Corteiyou to the Of
ice Of secretary OK commerce and Ia
Dor he asked: "Corteiyou. how Is the
measles up at the house7"
'Well. we sim have the measles.
but thi1k the children are getting
along al right"
"If yoa want to knock on a few
days between the two Jobs and help
take care Of the children I guess wo
san arrange IT, said the president
~It might be a good thing TO set &c.
euainted with your fauilY.s
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-04-08
HE HAD GOT AWAY.
Widows Prey Chooses the Lesser Of
Two Evils.

Widows Prey Chooses the Lesser Of
Two Evils.
Where had stopped to water my
horse by good-sized wayside pond an
old woman was sitting with a deter
mined look on her lean visage and a
good-sIzed hickory club in her knotted
hand: she hailed me as l was about to
ride away. and / stopped to see what
she wanted.
Stranger" said she. how long kin
a man kritter stay under water?'
"The average" replied l. lis about
a minute, but exceptional cases have
been known when they have stayed
under longer"
wall. this is one O. them there ex-
ceptional cases"
"The record, l believe. is four min
utes."
Not longer'n that?"
mo. certainly not longer. Why do
you ask?"
"wall-yeh know Josh Birdsell?"
mo, / don't believe / do"
Wall, Josh has ben settin up Win
me a-holdin hans fer nigh on three
years now. Stranger, wouldn't yeh
low from that thet he had serious in
tentions7"
4 certainly would"
rhets what I lowed, an when he
come over ter my house this mornin
an lowed thet he was fggerin' on
marryin the Wilder Benson--wall
thets when it come on! He lit inter
the road a-movin' an with me jest
clost enuff ter tech his coat-tails, but
not clost enuff ter git a holt onto EN-
Thet's erbout all, 'ceptin' when he goi
this fur an could feel my breath ontC
his neck he duv inter the water yere
an | ben waitin fer him ever sence.
Why He must be drowned"
"D'ye reckon?"
why, he must be-
Then yeh don't reckon they's any
use O. my waitin' any longer?"
Il should think mott"
Then reckon I'll be ioggin' along
Nice day."-Houston Post.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-04-08
SUFFER- BY THEIR GREED.
Rspaeity Of Many Animals Lures
Them into Death Traps.

Rspaeity Of Many Animals Lures
Them into Death Traps.
Il may be doubted whether those o.
us who are able to obtain suficienl
food without dihculty can appreciate
the craving for sustenance expert
enced by sea birds and other animals
which have otter. by the force Of cir
cumstances. TO fast for long periods
Guus will eat until they cannot fly.
and when they end pilchards on hoart
a boat viii continue their feast unit.
they can only lie down and gasp. 4
supernuity OF food comes at such Ions
intervals that when il does come the
avian intellect reels at the prospect
and what seems a horn Of plenty
brings dire disaster. Seeing that gulls
and gannets know no better. we are
not surprised to hear OF a John Dory
stuffed to the very mouth. floating
helplessly on the surface OF the water.
unable to escape from a flock Of ses
birds which have deprived it Of its
eyosicht and viii quickly take away
its life
A snake which thrusis its head
through the pailngs TO seize an un
wary frog and finds itself unable tc
draw back again with the frog in its
throat has wit enough 90 dissorge the
amphibian and to deftly draw l.
through by the leg SO as to swallow i
on the safe side Of the palings hu
probably a snake which happened &
be on the wrong side in company with
a frog would consume L on the prem
ises and SO render itself incapable o.
wrlggling through the bars.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-04-08

heheaded lady Is restored BY exactly
the reverse method. and she disap-
pears behind the screen.
In anothsr trick the performers
costume Is OF SILK and the killed skirt
contains many yards OF fuilness.
which admits OF much being con
caaled beneath Il without In any way
appearing bulky. The picapinny
(sometimes there are two. produced
one at time without the performer
leaving the stage) Is placed in posi-
slon behind the performer under his
costume, and hangs on TO rings spe-
cialiy placed in the performers waist
belt. his feet resting npon the straps.
which are now hooked together Gig.
81. When the performer stoops. the
little darkle" steps out between tae
performers legs and stands behind
the silk rug.
The illusion OF deviation n'-raising
a person and leaving him suspended
in mld-air without any apparent
means OF supports one Of the most
marvellous ever invented. seemingly
defylng all laws OF gravitation. An
assistant is introduced. laid upon an
ottoman. and then sent on into a
hypnotic trance. The performer takes
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-04-08

ant, being a fortified naval base. Il
IS rated by the admiralty as a ship.
and governed in all respects as a
man-of-war. The ruler is the captain,
and his crew consists OF 260 inhabi-
tants. All the adult males are class
ed sailors, and the captain Is as ahso-
lutte as on the quarterback
The climate and soil are good,
bananas being largely cultivated,
while goats form the live stock.
Turtles also frequent its shores. and
when a war vessel calls twice a year
it incidentally ships a supply Of
chelmonidoe for the king and the
lords Of the admiralty.
Three hundred miles east Of Cape
Horn lie the Falkland isles, and,
though they are unknown to the
street-bred man, these British OUT
posts have more than 1000 inhabi-
tants. Sheep raising is the chief
occupation. there being nearly 1.0o0,-
600 sheep in the isles.
The people are happy in being free
from public debt. while the fact that
the only taxes are the import duties
on liquor and tobacco may wen draw
sighs from the heavily taxed people Of
England.
Moreover, there is prison accommo-
dation for only eleven criminals, and
so rarely is even one cell occupied
that the solitary warder policeman
puts In his time in the government
printing Office.
Until a few years ago education
was somewhat neglected. chiefly on
account OF the scattered residences
Of the population, but this defect has
been remedied by the appointment Of
peripatetic pedagogues, who now visit
the pupils, since the pupils would not
visit them.-Pan Mall Gazette.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-04-08

ket, got up as high as ten miles
above the surface Of the earth. o.
course, It had no human freight.
All OF the seas and other waters
on the earth we're once upon a time
part of the atmosphere, being held in
suspension, but with the cooling OF
the crust Of the globe much Of the
moisture became condensed.-NeW
York Press
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-04-08
SEA WALL AT GALVESTON.
Three ard a Half Million Dollars viii
Be Spent in lts Construction.

Three ard a Half Million Dollars viii
Be Spent in lts Construction.
The report OF the board Of engineers
on plans for the sea wall to protect
Galveston calls for three miles Of con.
crete brcakWater. seventeen feet above
mean low tide. The estimated cost Of
the sea wall Is si.29fT55, and that Of
filling in the entire city 50 as 70 bring
rs grade up TO the proper level is So
2l0.2s5 additional, making a total Of
s.. SOC. .040 After the hurricane that
almost wiped out the city it was evil
dent that steps should be taken to pro-
tect Galveston from another like ca
lamlty. A sea wall was the means de-
clded upon. the plan which calls for
the most pretentious piece OF engineer
ing Of the sort ever attempted in the
United States.
The money needed for the enter
prise will be raised under a constitu-
tlonal provision granting coast coun-
ties the privilege 10 issue bonds for
protection against the encroachment OF
the gulf. provided the proposition IS
ratified BY a two-thirds vote Of the
taxpayers OF the county. The propo
sition was submitted 70 the taxpayers
Of Galveston county TO ISSUE $500, 600
sea wall bonds and was carried. only
twenty-six votes being cast against Il.
The people OF Galveston bought the
bonds. with the exception Of a very
small amount sun the money for the
filling In was yet to be provided for
The eighth bill introduced in the pres
ent legislature provides funds TO prose
cute the work BY allowing the city o.
Galveston 10 divert for fifteen years
Its state taxes from the treasury into
a fund TO be used solely for grading
the city.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-04-08

A curious recognition Of the righ
Of women 10 hold public ONCE has
with little gallantry, been made il
Pike county. Pa. Porter township
has so few voters that Mrs. Sarah
Miller was placed on the Democratic
ticket for school director, there be
ing no other available candidate. one
Democrat being the nominee foi
three local Offices.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-04-08

The most hazardous section Of the
Manila telegraph cables is that com,
pleted between San Francisco and
Honolulu. in which the sea bed is
PERCEPTIONS, with valleys 81, 500 feel
deep. The next two sections, ex
tending to Guam. will cross leve,
plains Of mud at a depth Of about
$4,000 feet. while the last section Is
over a series Of mountains.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-04-08

Gera, in Saxony. has been the
scene Of a singular strike" The
doctors refused TO treat patients be
longing 60 sick clubs. because the
societies sought to reduce their fees
New physicians from Berlin have
now left the strikers without pa
tients.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-04-08

viii Preserve Graves Of Soldiers.
Every piece OF ground in South
Africa containing the graves OF sol
diers who fell in the war has beer
taken over and is to be maintained
by the British war department
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-04-08

ciddy Patterns for colored Silks
among the novelty silks Is a foulard
with an old blue ground fecked with
white and scattered irregularly with
disks OF plain blue and Of red and
ghite plaid.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-04-08

.----..---4,HIS summer rocks Of
! !. !: !: = !. !. !: : :: !: !.
- rubber balloons, carry
EgR gE5sH Ing self-recorded baro-
ls5SI ,s3 meters and thermome-
lRA s |H tiers, are to be sent up
1shlby the Weather bureau
ts--.s-s---------a at Washington, for the
purpose Of studying the region Of the
upper atmosphere, concerning which
comparatively little is known
at the present time They will be
about three feet in diameter, and will
be much like the toy balloons one
sees on the streets. except that they
will be filled with hydrogen gas. The
Instruments to be sent up will weigh
only two pounds for each balloon,
which, being set free, Will rise until
It bursts. owing tc the pressure from
within ard the rarefaction Of the sur
rounding air.
Each rubber balloon will be provid-
ed with a parachute. in order that,
when the little gas-bag bursts, the in
struments may not be dashed to des-
truction in falling. It IS expected,
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-04-08

Above the length OF nineteen or
twenty feet snakes in the Philippine
islands increase greatly in bulk foi
every foot in length. so that a snake
nineteen feet long looks small beside
one twenty-five feet long
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-04-08

The fiimsy paper called tissue pa.
per was originally made to place be.
tween tissue. cloth Of gold o1 silver.
20 prevent its fraying or furnishing
when folded
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-04-08

Fig 8-"Levitation''-H the hoop ia
passed over the body.
former slips the crank on which Is
Immediately drawn in from behind
the subject and performer sharing
the applause.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-04-08

t---.----------o11R 1RIT1NG in the Strand
& q, x e san expert gives a clear
4 kexpose Of the many
FlsV2ASgA marvellous and and
| tA kA NY Mpopular illusions, the
~ 80 secrets OF which have
been obtained by years
Of practical study.
One Of the most popular is de-
eapitation act, in which a lady Is be-
headed in full view Of the audience.
At a wave OF the performers hand.
ady appears, and hands TO him her
ywn grewsome means Of execution.
arge glittering saber, which he takes
and with one swing cuts her head
slcan off where she stands. Catching
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-04-08

In Berlin an anti-tip society" h-
been formed. and branches are
started all over Germany. e
iect is to do away with tippir-