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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-09-02

Take several slips Of paper and tell
your friends that they may write any
questions they please on them. and
that the appropriate answers will in a
few minutes be written under them by
some Invisible being
While they are laughing at you step
into an adjoining room and write on
each slip With a strong solution Of
common salt some word which will
suit as a reply to a question, such as
"Yes," mo" Perhaps" Probably" ."
etc. Then distribute the slips among
your friends and point out in each case
the exact place on the paper where
the question is to be written, which
must, OF course, be above your invisl-
bic answer
As soon as the questions are writ
ten put each slip in an envelope in
such a manner that your invisible re-
ply viii be exactly opposite the spot.
where the seal viii be placed When
all the envelopes are closed drop a
little sealing wax on each and let It
burn awhile, for thus your replies will
become visible.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-09-02

The proprietor OF a small store In
New York owns a black kitten that
cultivates a habit Of squatting on It's
launches. like a bear or a kangaroo,
and then sparrlng with It's forepaws
as II II had taken lessons from a pngi-
list. The Telegram tells how the kit
ten conquered a big dog
A gentleman took into the store an
enormous black dog. half Newfound-
land, half collie, fat. good ratured and
intelligent. The tiny kitten, instead
OF boiling at once for shelter. retreat
ed few PAGES. sat erect on its hind
legs and put its fists in an attitude
OF defiance.
The contrast In size between the
two was intensely amusing. Il re-
minded one OF Jack the Giant KILLER
preparing to demolish the giant
Slowly and without a sign Of excit-
ability, the huge dog walked as far
as his chain would allow him, and
gAzed intently al the kitten and its
odd posture. Then as the comicallty
OF the situation struck him. he turned
his head and shoulders around to the
spectators. and II animal ever laughed
IN the world. that dog assuredly did
so then and there. He neither barked
nor growled. but INDUCED In q low
chuckie. while mouth and eyes
beamed With merriment.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-09-02
NEFKS AND Ntt
GOSSIP /oF'
.BHSEBALEANS
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ing back. ] never expected to play
this year"
Great as an Individual player, Ed.
Delehanty was never lucky enough to
be with a hag-winner.
Colonel Biz Clark is certainly doing
himself proud around the first corner,
and also with the stick.
The Washington club has traded
Outfelder Martin for Indelder Barry
Mccormick. Of St. Louis.
It is said that last winter McAleer
offered to trade Anderson for Carey.
Guess he is glad he didn't
Harry Davis can take more chances
on the bases and get away with them
than any man in the country.
The New Yorks played at Hoboken.
n. j., on Sunday, 18th, beating the Ho-
boken team to before 4.500 people
Lou Criger contemplates writing a
series Of articles on how to report ball
games where all players get only puifs.
American League bulletin so play.
ers: Don't call Umpire Sheridan a
bull head. That pet name caused him
to hit Danny Green"
Owner Hedges wonders when his
luck will change. He says the Browns
have played good ball. but cannot get
out Of the losing rut
1t is certain that Clark Grimth will
ultimately land Jiggs Donohue, now
with the Brewers Jiggs would like to
join the Invaders.
Mullin, OF Detroit. gets more put
outs than any other pitcher in the
business. He and Carr do the hrst-to-
pitcher assist game in great style.
Comiskey has been after Third Base
man Unglaub, OF Milwaukee, for nearly
two months, and will pay the Mil
waukee club e big sum to turn him
over.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-09-02
National League News.

Joe Tinker is weak In the legs.
Babb keeps right on playing great
ball at short for New York.
Catcher Arthur Nichols has been re-
leased by st, Louis to indianapolis.
Young Aubrey seems capable Of fill
ing the bill at short with experience.
Claude Ritchey seldom strikes out.
Claude has famed but FIVE times this
year
Manager Hanlon, of the Brooklyns.
Is eyeing Chauncey Fisher for his
pitching stan.
Harley is hitting better for the Cubs,
and is playing the game that gave him
his reputation.
The Reds have played twelve error.
less games thus far, holding the record
in this respect
Tim Flood plays a rafting good sec
ond base and handles the ball with
great speed in doubles.
Cy Seymour continues to make err
rors. Last year he was one Of the
most reliable Of outfelders
Wolverton, Keister and Thomas are
the only Philadelphia players who are
batting above 800 this season.
McGraw has done one good thing for
the Giants They have learned to play
ball on the road, as well as at home
Christy Mathewson is following In
the footsteps Of "Rube" waddell, and
viii be found on the stage next winter.
Joe Kelley has beaten his record OF
OF, when he was put out of the game
four times. Gets worse as he goes
along.
Weimer, the left-hand pitcher Sc
cured by Jim Hart's Chicago club from
Kansas City. is one Of the finds Of the
season.
The New York club made no mis-
take when It secured Sandow Mertes
this year. He has been Of great value
to the team.
Pitcher George Merritt has been re-
turned to the Pittsburg club by Wor-
cester. Pittshurg will now probably
release Merritt
Weimer was the first Cub to be dis
ciplined this season. He was suspend.
ed for three days as the result Of his
ran-in with the umpire
The veteran outfelder Tom Nc
Creery is back with Brooklyn. Man
ager Hanlon having secured his re-
lease from Minneapolis.
Umpire Johnstone is very. severe on
the base-runners. and calls many q
man out when he seems to have the
bali beaten just a step at first
The st. Louis club has transferred
the young short stop Otto Williams.
to the Chicago club, which badly need
ed a substitute infelder after loves
release.
Pitcher Reidy. late of st. Louis. has
signed with Brooklyn. That club has
made room for Reidy by sending Pitch
er Vickers back to Holyoke. The
Brooklyn club has also taken on Pitch
I er Doescher, of Chicago.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-09-02
apatent Antl.wet.v

A boy magician astonlqhed his host
and the gueats az a party the other
night by asking that bowl Of water
be brought into the parlor. Il want TO
show you a trick" said he. Il prom.
ise not to spill the water, so you
needn't be afraid 20 let me try It.
want TO borrow dime, and I'm go
ing TO put 1t into that bowl and then
take Il out with my hand without get
ting my hand wet"
"Oh. you can't do ~" cried a dozen
OF his companions. who ever heard
OF putting your hand into water with
out getting 1t wet?"
"Of course I didn't expect you to be-
lieve me" said the young experimen-
ter. "but wait and IN show you a thing
or two"
Taking the dime hNnded him, ard
putting il into the bowl. he stood back
SO that they might all see It. Then be
took a little paper package from Ais
pocket and emptied from It a powder.
distributing it over the surface Of the
water
What's that?" asked his host.
~Oh. that's my patent anti-wet,s an
swered the boy. Now watch me; I'm
going to take that dime out with my
hand. and IL the hand gets at all wet
promise to drink the water, ring
powder. ard all"
And he did sake the dime out with
his hand, and he did not get his hand
wet
OF course. you want to know how hs
eid It. Well, the powder that he threw
on the water was lycop0dium. and az
he plunged his hand into the wafer
the lycopodium covered It like a water
proof glove. for that substance and
water have no affinity for each other.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-09-02
csomesrIcal Puzzle.


Put some perfectly clear lime water
into a tumbler. and. through a glass
tube, breathe into it. The water VIII
become as white as milk. After 1t
has remained undisturbed for a while
a deposit OF white powder will be
found at the bottom OF the glass.
Soak a piece Of thread in a solution
Of alum. Attach It to a light ring
from the finger OF someone present:
set FIRE to the thread and burn It to
an ash and yet It viii continue to hold
the ring II It Is not Jared
Take a small bottle with the neck
not more than one-slxteenth OF an inch
across. Fill It with red wine and place
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-09-02

This game may be played either
with chairs or benches. II chairs are
not convenient Arrange an even
number say fourteen, chairs In two
parallel lines, seven in a line. Four
teen girls are seated ia these chairs.
and the fifteenth odd one stands be-
tween the rows, carrying a covered
basket She walks up and down
swinging IT, She stops suddenly be-
fore the arst girl and says:
"Iye been in the garden this morn
ing, gathering currAnts" As she says
the name Of the fruit. the FIRST girl
must cry:
"Currants. currants. currantsl" be-
fore the odd girl says It again. and
this V repeated down the lines, chang
ing the name OF the fruit each time.
At the first failure. every one jumps
up and changes her seat. and in the
confusion. the odd girl must try to
get a seat. there being one. Of course,
always left to take her place. and SO
II goes on.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-09-02


A species Of dwarf elephant used to
live on the Island Of Malta and In vari-
Gus parts OF Italy. Judging from the
bones which remain, these animals,
about the size Of a large sheep. we're
somewhat numerous. A dwarf ele-
phant is a rarity now and no longer
forms a distinct species, but Is con-
sldered rather a freak"
A very beautiful species OF pygmy
deer is found on the sunda Islands.
These little creatures are not much
larger than a cat, but have all the
points OF a well bred" deer
Among horses. Shetland ponies are
tie pygmies The ordinary musk Of
Central Africa is a pygmy. or dwarf. Of
crly about twenty inches In height at
the shoulder and three feet In length
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-09-02
Meanlnn of FIowera.


Wistaria-Regret.
Simplicity.
Shamroek-Joy In sorrow.
Virginia creeper-Sweet neglect.
Narcissus- Egotism.
Harebell--Grlef
Bluebeli--Constancy.
Observation-Disclosures.
Purple lilac-First emotions Of love.
Maidenhair fern-Secrecy.
First rose OF summer-Majesty.
Lily OF the valley-Return Of happi-
ness.
Daily Welcome me.
Bridal rose-Happy love
White rosebud-A heart ignorant Of
love.
China rose-Grace.
Moss rosebud-superior merit.
Japan rose-compassion.
Red rosebud-You are young and
beautiful
Yellow rose-Departur Of love.
White lily-Purity
Mignonette-E Excellence.
Verbena-- Enchantment.
Red double piak-Ardent love.
MagnOlia-LOsa OF nature.
Larkspur-B Brightness.
White pink-you are fair and fas-
cinating-
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-09-02

Frank Reisling, or DR.. Reisling, 70
give him credit for the years he spent
studying dentistry. is one Of the best
all-round men on the Toledo team.
His position as manager of the team
gives him plenty Of opportunities TO
exercise his talent
His pitching has been one Of the
mainstays OF the team. He was a
player-manager while completing his
studies in dentistry and has contin-
ued that career, preferring the dia-
mond to his profession.
This is his first season IN the west,
his previous playing having been with
the minor eastern leagues. He is
"heady" and can pitch his turn with
any Of the slab artists in Stroebel's ag-
gregation. Last year he was with
Hartford in the Connecticut League.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-09-02
American AssooIatIon Newn.


Phil Geier, of St. Paul. was the first
player in this League to make 100
hits.
Minneapolis has released outfelder
Tom MoCreery to Brooklyn, whence
he eeme.
Pitcher Claude Elliott. of the Mil
waukee team. is said to be a second
"Cy" Young.
Tebeau has a winner in pitcher Nc
Cord And he IS getting the right
kind Of support.
Whenever Cristall. the Toledo pitch
er. wins a game it is no doubt a clear
cut and glittering affair.
Toledo win have a fine doubledeck-
er grand-stand, seating 1000, to re-
place the burned structure.
Manager Canullon. Of Milwaukee,
has released pitcher Roy Hale and
signed pitcher Hedges, Of Paducah,
Ky
Z. G. Crabill, one Of the pitchers
OF the Columbus team, preached to the
Volunteers of America at Minneapolis
on the 14th inst.
Manager Watkins, Of indianapolis
is in straits for a first baseman. as
kim is out with an injury. suffering
a compound fracture of the bone Of
his little finger.
Indianapolis has signed catcher Ar
thur Nichols, late Of ST. Louis; second
baseDen Lou Walters. late manager
OF ~ Terre Haute Club, and short
stop Richard Marcan-
It Is probable that Manager Can
tilIons of the Brewers. viii recall one
Of hls pitchers from the Duluth Club,
Of the Northern League. He has Pete
Nolden, Walter Mueller and Demon"
Shaw with that League.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-09-02


Coekman, the third baseman Of DUFF.
fy's Milwaukee team, is a great bats.
man and a fine fielder
Pitcher Alloway has been released
by Peoria and will stay in Kansas City
until he gets another berth.
Out in the woolly they call Joe
Quinn's Des Moiues team the Water
Drinkers and the Colorado Springs
bunch The Willies."
Hugh Duffy has picked up the finds
Of a season for his Milwaukee team,
and The major leagues have lines out
for at least five Of his men.
Des Moines has secured Jimmy
Cook. late of the Chicago League
Club, and is negotiating with Comis-
key for outfelder Billy Hallman
It will be a difficult matter to Keep
Hugh Duffy in Milwaukee next season
with so many more interesting base
ball propositions to choose from.
President Sexton is making an effort
to secure Frank Figgemeier for his
umpire staf. Frank umpired in the
American Association last season and
did fairly good work. At present he
is in Minneapolis.
Joe Dolan has jumped the Omaha
Club for the outlaw Pacific Coast
League. Radcliffe refuses TO report
and Manager Rourke will insist upon
his suspension. Radcliffe will go to
the coast after helping Denver out.
Manager ORourke. Of Omaha, has
been trailing the League most Of tbs
season and he cannot stand for a los
ing team. He claims that the League
magnates have not lived up to their
agreement with him, and he even
hints that Omaha may be in another
league next season.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-09-02

fields / to 3, three white ones on fields
5 to 4 The task is to change the
chips in such a way that the black
chips take the place OF the white ones,
and reversed, without skipping more
than one field at time and getting
two chips on one field.
Solution Place white on field l.
black on g. black on 3, white 4 on
2. white on 4, white on {. black
on 7, black on 5. black on g. Then
place white on !, white on 2. white
Con 4, black on 6. black 3 on 5. and
finally white on 3, which ends the
game.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-09-02


Rockaby lullaby, bees in the cioverl
Grooming so droWsily, crying 10 iOWl
Rockaby lullaby dear little rOYerl
Down into wonderland
Down to the underland
Go, now goi
Down into wonderland 60.
Rockaby lullaby. rain on the clover
Ciears on the eyelids that wayer and
weepD
Rockaby lullaby. bending II overl
Down on the m0ther-w0rld.
Down on the other world,
Sleep, o sleepl
Down on the mother-wOrld sleep.
Rockaby lullaby dew on the clover,
Dew on the eyes that Will sparkle at
dawn
Rockaby. lullaby. dear little roverl
Into the stilly world
Into the lily world.
Gone. now gonei
Into the lily world gone
~ G Holland.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-09-02

let the players sit in two lines op-
posite each other at some little dis
tance apart. Then two members stand
between, one Of whom IS bindfolded:
the other, in a whisper, gives the
players on one side Of the line. the
name Of vessels, FOR instance, IS. S.
Kentucky" The Maine" etc. The
other side he names as different ports,
such as Liverpool, Boston, New York,
etc. After doing this. he stands be-
side the blindfolded player, who Is
termed a wreck, and cries sloud:
IS s. Kentucky Is ordered 20 thu port
Of Liverpool Whereupon the ship
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-09-02

New York admirers have presented
Herman Long with a fine umbrella
The nstroit club has turned Pitcher
Deering over to the Columbus club
The Toledo club has returned Pitch
er Ed. Walker to the Cleveland club.
Jim Mcclure played faultless ball
until his twenty-frst game was
reached.
Elmer Flick is among the leading
base runners. Fuitz still leads by =
good margin.
Hill, McAleer's new third baseman.
fields very nicely, but is hitting only
about $50 SO far.
II feel better than ever" says La.
ioie. "and my old-time speed is com
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-09-02

It in a glass vessel two inches higher
than the bottle and fill the vessel with
water The wine will rise from the
bottom and pass through the water in
a small column to the surface. while
the water win flow into the bottle in
place Of the wine. This happens be
cause the water is specifically heavier
than the wine
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-09-02

Of that name, and the port, change
places. and the wreck tries to slip
into one Of the empty places. Then
the player who calls out the changes
may give "the wreck a better oppof-
tunity by saying:
London. Boston and New York call
for aid from 8. s. Kentucky The
Maine, The St. Louis. In the gen
eral scramble, "the wreck" usually
finds a port. and the one without a
seat becomes the wreck"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-09-02

Changing is game the solution Of
which depends on a trick. Needed
are a piece OF cardboard on which is
drawn an obiong square with seven
fields Of the same size and six chips,
three cut Of white and three Of black
paper. place three black chips on
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-09-02

A Japanese boy has carried of first
hohors at the Kansas City high school.
Six years ago he could speak no Eng
hsh and he has supported himself al
school.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-09-02


David A. Curtis, in the Focus"
Ieprecates what is commonly called
popular music" and longs for the
dmpler melodies that ring true
Wonder how this would suit him:
Give me the songs OF yesterday.
The melodies that thrill;
The songs my mother sang to me-
The songs I reverence stih.
Listen, my heart. 70 memories
= tender lays OF yore,
The music OF maternal love.
The songs Of simpler score.
Give to my weary ear the. airs
That stir me through and through,
The old-time songs. the heart-throb
songs
The songs forever newt
Grant me the pulse OF ecstasy
I felt in anctent tune
Ny mother sang in Quavering voice
In words Of simple rune.
Sound me no grand orchestral flights
No peans Of the time
Give ae tha songs ol yesteIyears
Ihe soulful songs divine.
SSS
It is not considered good form to
ask the pork packers wife TO rem
der" something on the piano; just
ask her to get busy with the ivories.
An Oak Park CID girl whipped a
masher who kissed her twice on the
nose. That girl should wear q -low
bridge sign on her head-piece.
A lady that lived in Racine
She lighted her IRE with kersenei
Straight up. ike a rocket
Shot poor Mrs. Sptokett.
And since She has never henzensi
If cigarettes are harmful LET the
soclety women have cigars instead.
We viii know what to buy EN- for
Christmas then.
one kind word to the living Is
greater than the grandest shaft ever
erected to the dead
It upsets a man terribly to lose his
balance at the bank.
The reason that a woman wont is
just because.
Green apple time again.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-09-02

This is the way to draw one con-
tinuous line around the twenty-one
dots shown last week 90 that each will
be in a space BY itself.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-09-02

IN Fly TINE. rsAJ
Now doth the little peaky hy "A
Improve each shining minute
There's not q dish Of bake OF brew
But what the little buffers IN I'll
SSS
A brier pipe saved a mans life.
The conductor drove him from the
front Of the open car to the rear
There was a collision and the front
part Of the car was crushed. On be-
hind, the mans pipe didn't even 90
out. Moral: Smoke up!
49,
Our devil is a foreigner. HIS
father is Scotch, his mother Is Welsh
and he was born on an English vessel
flying the American flag while cross
ing the Irish sea- He keeps company
with a little SkandihOoyian girl uD on
Polish row He can also talk italian
-or something that sounds Ike IL
Talk about foreigners. that devil Of
ours Is the whole blooming category
Of nationalities.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-09-02

.E -: I:47
GETTING DARK.
In the hammock.
Ia the shade
IN the woodland,
Man and maidl
In the quiet
Dreamy land.
IN his warm palm
Rests her handl
In the sylvan
Hit or miss,
In the shadows
Asks a kiss.
In the hammock
SWaying thus,
Wonder II he
Got that buss?
It is so dark we can't see, but we
hear queer noisesi Those Of you
who think he's got It, please stand
no, there. he's lost It, the hammock
ropes busted again.
SSS
Somehow the Fourth Of July Of to-
day seem tame and insipid compared
to the Fourths Of our boyhood days.
We suppose it is dyspepsia, or point
Of view, but, anyhow, we are honest
when we casually remark on the utter
shortcomings Of the celebrations Of
to-day Now when we were a boy.
there was Bill Blunt. Bill was an old
soldier with several good streaks in
him. two of them being early yege-
tables and patriotism. William was
the town cannonader. He made an
annual canvass every July 3 to secure
funds with which to buy powder for
the village cannon, an awesome bit
Of ordnance that never failed to lift
up its thundrous voice when primed
and rammed by William Blunt!
On the morning Of July 8, along
about the time ma was getting wor-
ried over Ettie and her beau in the
hammock, Bill would let 'er loose for
the first time!
"Boom"
A detonatlon rent the air for miles,
echoing and re-echoing among the
hills we knew and loved. The town
folks turned over in bed and tried
l@rd to 80 to sleep, realizing that
Morpheus and Bill Blunt we're started
On battle royal Then the town
bad boys pulled the church bell ropes
until the sections had cataleptic FITS,
the factory whistle was tied open and
the nigger-chaser fire alarm Joined
General Blunt in making large able
bodied pandemonirm with calliope at
tachments.
And biggest batrachian in all the
puddle was William Blunt. Charge
after charge he fired, while early ped
estrians gathered about and cheered
our hero in his army clothes. All day
long he held the fort a powder-stain-
ed, fiag-loying, noise-creating, wor-
SHIPPED saver Of his country.
But. alas as night came on and the
noise died little by little Of WEAKNESS.
Bin Blunt would steal away to where
the adder lurked to seek false pa
lriotism in the sunging cup.
Late at night the veteran Of the
warning field was taken home, mute
and helpless as the town cannon. but
be had done his duty well.
Year after year he primed and fired
the shot that sent the Fourth Of July
message around our little world
others endeayored to steal in upon
bis honors by being wounded on the
Iufy field OF battle, but triumphantly
be held his own. Despite his lapses
from sobriety's path, public sentiment
accorded him the place Of honor at
The touch-hole Of the town cannon. He
aad his bad streaks, but when St.
Peter needs a cannonader up above.
we feel sure that Bill Blunt win wear
crown above his soldiers blue.
But, anyhow, we know the Fourths
If to-day don't amount to much com.
,ared to those we celebrated when a
10Y.
49,