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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-01-15
THINKS OolLrvea = HooDoo.
Congressman Hopkins Has BAD Luck
Through .cs-s Statesman.

Congressman Hopkins Has BAD Luck
Through scs-s Statesman.
congressc.-s A. J. Hopkins Of iii.
nois says tnat senator DolIivcr Of
Iowa is a hoodoo. A year ago when
the congressman was starting to
Washington to attend the opening OF
congress he met Doiliver IN Chicago
The senator At once brought his per
fuasiye powers into play and induced
af Hopkins TO share Delivers state
room TO Washington. The train was
wrecked. and although neither the
senator nor the congressman was In
lured they arrived too late to hear the
chaplain make the opening prayer.
This year when Mr Hopkins reached
Chicago from Aurora on hts way 70
Washington whom should he meet
but Senator DoiliYer Come. ride
with me to Washington" said Dolli.
YER 70 Hopkins IN his most alfuring
tones. No" said the Illinois senator.
to-bo resolutely. Il am going as
planned" Dolliver hated the prospect
or a lonesome twenty four hour ride
and he argued accordingly. The up-
shot Of IL was that he won Mr.. Hop
kins over and they started together
70 the capital Just west Of Pitts.
burg the train was wrecked. Mr.
Hopkins head was jammed 80 hard
asainat his berth that he thought his
reek Was broken. A special train was
Litched up and the senator and the
were landed n washing.
ton IN time to particlnafa in fha do
lnss Of the FIRST day OF the session.
Nevertheless Mr. Hopkins asserts
that Dolliver Is a hoodoo.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-01-15
aoFT-cLosE,v wRorr NELSON.
And IN That phras8 He Summed Up
Hlr Theories Of Sea FlQhtlna.


And In That Phrasa He Summed W
hilr Theories Of Sea Fighting.
Our slang phrase. Get Next. ap.
pears slightly paraphrased In a letter
written by Lord Nelson to Lord War.
wick not long before the baltic Of Ira.
falgar. Nelson had received from Lord
Warwick a description of an invention
that aimed to increase the efficiency
Of the marine and field srtillery OF the
day, and 70 the letter containing that
description the victor Of the Nile re-
Piled in the following. which was
never published until a few weeks
ago. when the present Lord Warwick
read Il at . public dinner:
Ny Dear Lord--I feel very much
obliged for the favor of your letter
and although l am not good judge o
mechanism, yet dare say your inven
ton for making cannon range theis
shots farther than at present viii an
awer your expectations, and on shore.
In particular. 1t will be most useful
Woolwich is the only place where
such an experiment can be plainly
tried BY scientific men. On board shin
our wish is to get as close as possible
to the enemy. Always endeavor to
inculcate the doctrine. Get close, aud
you will be the victor.
The "Get close" was underscored
That one phrase admirably summed
up the whole Nelsonlan theory of sea
strategy. the theory that led him to
dare the guns of the shore batteries
at Copenhagen and to sail the Victory
silently down the line OF blazina
French and Spanish broadsides until
she reached her desired place In the
thlckest Of the most memorable sea
nght OF modern history.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-01-15

The dog had to learn how to make
is own distinctive cry. Darwin has
shown that the bark OF the dog Is no.
natural cry. but has been learned
under domestication. Domestic dogs
allowed to relapse in a wild state have
forgotten how to bark. and have again
learned to do 50 when once more as
ISOLATED with their domestic congeu.
ers. Among domestic pigeons tho
rrumpetera aud laughers. as their
names Indicate. have learned to utter
a very different COO from the other
breeds, and from the original rock
pigeon, Columbia iivia Everyone "a
miliar with fowls knows with what
perseTering Industry the young roost.
er learns lis lesson. how crude are his
first efforts. and that Il Is only after
the practice which makes perfect that
the cockerel at length crows perfectly.
Detroit News.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-01-15

Tin not going back home. Jim.
he sat and put her arms about his
neck.
Kiss me, Jim
After a moment she said sorrowful.
"; I was engaged to him when
was but sixteen-before knew you,
Jim. But I love you too much to lie
70 you. What he said was truel~
The man smiled tenderly as be car.
eased the wind blown tressea and
kissed the white lips.
That was why killed him.
hadge." he said.
The girl sobbed and her arms tight.
ened around his neck
I'm not going back home. Jim I'm
going with youi"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-01-15
JUST A MAN AND A WOMAN.

By EDwARD 3. wEnB.

love you for what you have done,
jim"
"But-you we're to have married
him"
Yes"
Then you can forgive meg"
That question Is answered"
II couldn't tolerate the things he
said about you. Madge He boasted
and talked Of the time you were In St
Louis at school and he went there on
furlough. wouldn't speak Of this
but to Justify myself in your sight
but he said"
Don't tell me. jim I know what
he said
He lied He lIedi and I'm glad /
killed himi"
Never for an instant did the girls
eyes leave his as she crept to where
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-01-15

weary-looking throng had smartened
up, and all the girls who passed were
stylish, charming and coquettishl
In his heart BERTHE felt the flower OF
hope to blossom. He understood all
things. All things are interesting and
All things are gay-and good.
Somehow he paid; and somehow he
walked up the dazzling boulevard
whose darkness seemed to be I'll
spangled with delightful colors. And
then he walked some more and very
likely drank some more. because the
next day he was in bad state, and
before the week was up had to be
sent for by his disappointed people
New York Sun.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-01-15

At the annual business meeting Il
the Sherman House. twenty-five mem
bers OF the association were present
J. c. Trueman presided and Secre
tary Charles Burgess looked after the
records OF the meeting. The report
OF the secretary showed that the as
sociation had expended s756 for prizes
at the exposition? There had been a
direct cash appropriation Of $500.
besides other money for gold medals.
etc. The rule admitting the regisuas
tion Of stailions having fixe top cross.
es and mares having four top CROSSES
In each case by sires recorded IN tha
American Shire stud book, vas strick
en- ont by an unanimous vote. Since
the last annual meeting twenty new,
members have been admitted. The
association is in a nourishing condi-
tion and business is reported good
from every quarter. Discussing tho
Shire horse, Mr.. Rollins Of Tlllnoij
stated that he was the great draft
horse Of England and in his own exs
perience excelled all other breeds for
heavy purposes. Mr. Finch. who has
had considerable experience with
draft horses in the Chicago market
finds that the English buyer gives a
strong preference to the Shire horse
Mr. sullivan said that the best horse
he had sold this season was Shire
He was opposed 70 oappers oreanizine,
a company Of farmers 10 purchase &
stallion and then holding up The imr
porter for one-half the price for nee5f
tlatlng a sale. No officers were elected
the Present officials and commIttee4
holding over until the annual meeting
in 1905.
Foes without are less b b lant.1
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-01-15

soft drink at the beginni g. I7emem-
Der such case.
young English "Ho- arabie." the
scion Of line Of great iris. having
neither tJuched nor las ] suy aico.
holic drink for five full months. sat
on the terrace OF a Paris afe. There
French friend orderea for himself
this patent bitlers.
rs il alcoholic" asks the Honor
able BERTHE.
Hiais non Wi'v no. sure;r was
the answer Of the idiot
So Berte took an amercifron.
The waiter brought the black stun
I'm sinister black bottle poured the
goblet half full. because Berthe 10 his
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-01-15

Cut 2-Xounk Tres As It Cams From
Cut Stree Pruned and Ready FOR Or
chard
tree each succeeding year The limbs
viii become long and angling. The
weight Of the fruit on the ends Of the
long limbs will cause them to droop
and frequently break or split on. II
the fruit Is not thlnnsd on from them,
many varieties viii overbear one year
and so exhaust the trees that they are
not apt to bear the next year. Such
orchards are liable to fruit every other
year. During the heavy fruit year, an
overloaded tree will make but little
wood growth on which to bear the fol-
lowing year.
Cut shows a peach tree that has
had one years growth without prun-
ing. Il will be seen that the top was
formed near the ground. The tree has
made a low bushy growth. A mum
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-01-15

A prominent resident of Cleveland
rode in a street car in that city tho
other day and caught a cold which
confined him to the house for three
days He has sues the company for
damages.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-01-15
The Drinks of Par1sians.
American Beverages Now The Mosf
Popular -Absinthe Is DecIsrez 10 Be
DeceitfUI Poison Strange Barro0n1s.

E Americans who live
In Paris feel real tlmid-
ity in dealing with our
touring fellow country
men. We fear that the
visitor will be disap-
pointed.
Is it Tor art and
archaeology that you
have left your wife
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-01-15

Cut s--Young Tree Being Set in Orchard
Der Of peach trees were grown for
several years without pruning, and
they maintain this form Of top during
their entire growth. Hence. this form
was adopted with very satisfactory re-
suits Since these orchards came into
bearing they have not failed In a single
peach crop.
In cut Is shown a peach tree
bought from large nursery during
the fall Of 1900. IL is an average
peach tree as It comes to the grower
from the nursery. It Is long and slen-
der with only a few limbs near the top.
The lower side branches were an
crowded out by the trees that grew
close by the side Of it. The topmost
branches on such a tree when set out
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-01-15

IFfom Farmers HeVIeW.)
The Texas Experiment Station has
put out a bulletin on the pruning OF
the peach. The experiments we're
made and the bulletin written By
Prof r. II. Price. As the principles Of
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-01-15

Foes without are less 70 be fente4
then faulia wlthin.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-23

There is reason to believe that not a few Of the mysterious disappearanees which are ehronieled are nothing but the result Of false and odious charges made with view to blackmail, which the person as- sailed has not the courage 10 grapple with by reason of the publicity which might be involved
 Suicide. of course. accounts for a cer. tain number of missing people. but only about one in seventy of the persons re- ported to have disappeared seem to take their lives. There must, however, be cases in which these tragedies are moi discovered On the other hand. there are instances in which suicide, as we'll as every other theory which can be brought forwand, fails of acceptance. That a man may Walk clean out of his accustomed plaee stn life. for no apparent reason, and
 hlht leaving the suggestion of trace
 equiNim is abundantly clear. From
 Couttter of provincial trade man of
 morege. comfortably off, apparently
 mentrried, and surrounded by all that
 Circressary to comfort. was removed
 Sectiopletely as if he had been caught lature he winds. His accounts were found createtin perfect order. he had no finan- diniei sponsibilties, and he had the quiet disposition of a man who had found his niche in life and is quite contented to fill it. One day he went to his office and never came back. He took no money with him, either For years nothing has been heard of him. Such cases are a puzzle. Conceivably a person may become so wearied of his surroundings that he adopts the principle of anything for a change" and resolves to begin life again somewhere else under entirely novel con- ditions. With both sexes 1t is probably the case that unhappy marriages are a fruitful source of the disappearance of one or other of the parties to the con- tract. Darby and Joan may boast that they have been married for half a century and have never had cross word where- upon the cynic remarks, How mighty dull it must have beenl" Perhaps it sis the mighty dullness" of life which large- ly explains the statistics respecting miss ing folk.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-23

keep in book to be kept by him for that purpose record of each and every COW or animal of the COW kind killed, show ing the color, ear marks and brand of each COW or animal of the COW kind killed or butchered and the date when killed or butchered, and If purchased from whom purchased, the residence of the person from whom the same was purchased and when, and also the approximate gross weight at the time purchased and at the time killed or butchered.
 Sec. 2. Be 1t further enacted, That all persons shall have a right to inspect at any time the book ordered to be kept by Section one of this act and that the de- scription required by Section one shall be entered in said book within twentyfour hours after butehering any COW or anil nal of the COW kind
 Sec. 8. Be 1t further enacted That any person violating any of the provisions of this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars and may be sentenced to hard labor for the county for a period of not exceeding twelve months.
 Approved Oct. 10, 1903.
 Official.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-23
Deer in Northern Michigan.

The deer in the upper peninsula are in- creaslng at a grea trate every year, not withstandng the immense number of hurters who spend part or the whole of the open season there. One reason ad- vanced for this increase is the great fail ing off in the number of lumber camps as the timber has been cut away. For merly the men in these camps practically lived on venison all winter r and out of season, and thousands of deer were killed each year to supply their wants The camps being fewer now, the slaughter has been greatly curtailed-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-23
J. THoS. HEFLIN.
 Secretary of State.

No. 470 AN ACT. QI SIS To amend Section 4099 of the Code (pur-
 chaser not liable for rents or redemp-
 tion; exception).
 Be 1t enacted by the Legislature of Ala bama, that Section 4 99 of the code be amended so as to read as follows: 40s9. Purchaser not liable for rents on redemp- ton; exception" Neither the purchaser nor any one claiming under him, who may have lawfully obtained possession of any real estate purchased at tax sale, shall be liable, upon the redemption of such real estate, to account to the owner for any rents, issues or profits during such pos session, but as to such rents, issues and profits, he shall be held and considered the rightful owner of such real estate, unless such owner. at the time of the sale. was a minor, or per son of unsound mind, and had no guar dian, or his guardian was not lawfully served with notice of the proceedings had in the court of probate for the sale of such real estate, in which event such purchaser, or other person In possession. shall be liable for rents issues and prof its, as in other cases; provided. that neither such purchaser nor any one claiming under him shall have the right to cut standing timber from land so pur- chased at tax sales until he shall have received a deed for the land from the probate judge.
 Approved Oct. 10, 1903.
 Official.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-23
POVEhTY IN NAMES.
Dearth of Invention Shown in Nam-
 ing Places in America.

ing Places in America.
 Higher Journalist in Harper's Weekly.
 50 far as we can observe a poverty of imag gination bordering on destitution christened it's great subdivisions from the first New England, New France, New Span, New Netherlands; what could be cheaper than these names with the sub sequent calling of their nascent cities for the cities of the mother countries, unless it were the latter naming of them out of the Holy Bible and the classical diction
 ary? The poor Indian gave from his meager store for the same purpose. but the gift was not abundant enough to go round the towns and villages of a sing.e province When we think that lakes, rivers. mountains, capitals, cross roads, strets, steamboats, hotels, news papers, magazines, novels, churches. rail- roads. breakfast foods and thousand other immemorable things had to be named, it is no wonder that the names did not hold out When the apartment house arrived, late in our evolution, 1t had to go begging almost from the begin ming, for anything significant or distinc- tive from our exhausted resources. A very noticeable and gratifying innova- ton In the nomenclature of the flat houses is the tendency which we should, as re- mote votares of muses, be ungracious not to mention, and that is the naming of several after well-known authors. We have found two called The Emerson. one The Lowell and one The Henry James. This is a tendency which We could not applaud too vehemently. and we should be glad to see it ultimated in the case of the authors several works for the flat houses of the future. We should feel 1t an ire fragable proof that our beloved commer- cial metropolis had become beyond all Chicagoan caviI the literary center of the country, if we go about with strangers and show them The Brahma, The Boston Hymn, The Good-by Proud World, I'm Going Home, or the Sir Launfal, The Biglow Papers, or The Wings of a Dove, The Sacred Fount The Ambassadors.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-23
J THOS. HEFLIN,
 Secretary of State.
AN AcT

No. 4S2) AN ACT CH. 4OS To provide for supplying additional cop
 les of all printed reports of the ex-
 ecutive, legislative. and judicial de-
 partments of this State to the several
 counties having more than one place
 of holding courts of record therein
 Section l. Be it enacted by the Legis- ature of Alabama, that the Secretary of State of the State of Alabama. in addi- tion to the copies of all reports of the executive, legislative and judicial depart ments now required to be distributed by him by law shall deliver to the probate judge of each county where there is more than one place of holding courts of rec ord therein, additional and further cop les of all such reports, which shall be kept at such other place, or places, of holding such courts of record in such county and accounted for as required by law. and such other and further reports shall include all codes. digests, statutes, journals, and Supreme Court reports, and all other publications of public na- ture.
 Sec 9 That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with the provisions of this act be- and the same are hereby re- pealed.
 Approved Oct. 9, 1903.
 Official,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-23
J. THOS. HEFLIN,
 Secretary of State.
Oncinl.

No. 51l) AN AcT (s. 4Ss To authorize the State to subscribe for
 the fifth volume of Mayheld's Digest
 of Alabama Reports.
 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Alabama. That the Governor is author ized to subscribe for two hundred copies of the Fifth Volume Of Maytields Digest of Alabama Reports, and on delivery to the Secretary of State of two hundred copies of said Fifth Volume of said Di- gest, the Governor shall draw his war rant on the Treasury of the State for the price of said Digest, which price shall not exceed sl0.00 per volume
 Sec. ?. Be 1t further enacted. That the Secretary of State shall distribute the said volumes as follows: One copy of said volume to every Executive Department of the Statei one copy to every Judge of the Supreme Court one 10 the Attorney-Gen- erai one to every Chancellor, one to ey- cry Judge of the Circuit Court one to every Judge of the Probate Court one to every Circuit, City Court and County So- Icitor: one to every Judge of the City and Criminal Courts of the State, the remaining copies to be deposited in the Supreme Court Library and to be ex. changed by the Librarian for Digests oI other State. Provided that such volum, shall contain not less than 1000 pages oI the size and type of the first, second third and fourth volumes of said May fields Digest, and that said fifth volume snail contain table of all the cases re. ported in the Supreme Courts of Ala bama from Minor to 14O Alabama. ar ranged in alphabetical order both direct ana inverse, which table of cases shall show those cases which have been over ruled modified, limited, explained. chang ca by statute. or conflicting with d sub sequent decision, with a references to the cases with which they conflict or by which they have been overruled, modi- fed etc.
 Sec. 3. Be 1t further enacted, That the officers to whom said volumes are distrib- uted by the State shall turn over to their successors in office all volumes of said Digest that may be delivered to them under the provisions of this Act
 Approved Oct. g. 1903.
 Official
 INT
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-23
Throw Those of the Present Day
 Completely in the Shade.


 Some of your contemporaries have mar yelled at the size of the monoliths which have recently arrived from the quarries to be placed on the great St. Johns Ca thedral. writes John E. Bruce in the New York Tribune. Much has been said of their size, weight and the difficulty of getting them from their landing place to the cathedral Some of the papers have by inference intimated that these are the largest monoliths ever turned out by the hand of man. But in this they are in error
 King Amasls caused a monolith of CO., lossal size, a temple carved out of sin gle block of stone to be constructed and placed In the city of Sais in Egypt Before Americans knew what monoliths were. This monolith was wrought at Syene, whence comes the beautiful and compact Syenite granite The temple thus formed of solid rock was 21 cubits in length, IA in breadth and in height The Egyptian cubit is equivalent to English feet This huge block of granite was conveyed to the capital of Amasis by the waters of the Nile. and employed 2.000 for three years. It will thus be seen that the huge monoliths" for St. Johns are mere tooth picks compared with this enormous Egyp- tian mass of granite.
 This was one of the most extraordinary among the antiquities of Egypt and il must be evident that the Egyptians were possessed of great mechanical power and engineering skill to place such huge masses of stone in their proper positions and to erect obelisks of such stupendous size. It was related by Herodotus that one of the Kings of Egypt. when his workmen were about erecting a huge obeisk, caused his son to be lashed to the top of 1t, and when the machinery was set in motion, bade them at their peril to be particularly careful that the monu- ment was not injured, as the life of his son would in that case be endangered. Sais. like Canopus. Is now in ruins, and the remarkable monolith had been buried in the soil for ages until it was dscov- cred years ago by some Europeans and found to be perfect.
 1 merely cite this scrap of history to show that the Egyptians were far and away ahead of the American centuries before We came into existence, and that these huge monoliths' about which we are hearing so much are not so very re- markable after all The tendency to brae is an American characteristic. weak ness which is perhaps pardonable. The ancient Egyptians, however. have left us examples in civil engineering and as builders of monuments upon which we shall hardly be able to improve for the good and substantial reason that We don't know how. But America is young yet and as time grows old it may be able to do some of the remarkable things which have eternalzed the name and fame of the ancient Egyptians, but not now.