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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-03-13
Mr.. Cabell's New Book.

. . . . . . . . . LID e
Mr.. Cabells friends are congratulatlng
him on the successful placing OF his new
book, 1.-THE JJagle's shadow which has
been accepted on excellent terms by
Doubleday. Page & Company.
The book viii FIRST be brought out Sc
rally III The Saturday Evening Post. ~
the early autumn 1t Will be published
simultaneously in England and America
Mr., Failing. OF the English firm OF Helm!
nemann & Company, happened TO pe N
New York when Mr.. Cabell's manuscript
was under discussion. lie WAS SO much
pleased with it as to secure It's immediate
acceptance by his firm.
Mr.. Cabell's illustrator VIII be HARRISON
Fisher, His story turns OH modern
American social life and on the innu-
ence Of money on modern American char.
aeter 1t Is very thorough piece OF
realism IN work. the situations being
drawn with Mr.. Cabells accustomed
tincsse.
The April Harper will have among It's
contributions '"rho Story OF Adhelmar'
over Mr. Cabell'a signature. The scene
here is laid In an old Norman french cas-
Tie and tho motif Of the story Is WORKED
out with great force and dramatic power
The fact, that Mr.. Cnbell Is fast making
n name and place for himself among IT.
erary workers increases tho reputation
which Richmond has won as the home
OF Southern writer's OF ability
The Woman's Club.
The annual business meeting will oc-
cupy the attention OF members at the
! Yoman's Club At Asao tormorroR after,
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-05-18

In milking, the hands do not need
to be wet The habit OF wetting them
should be abandoned, as It is prac-
tically impossible to keep the hands
moist without using the foam on the
milk as a source OF moisture. The
milker may imagine that by merely
touching his fingers to the top Of the
foam no injury comes to the milk, but
the habit had better be abandoned In
the interest OF cleanliness. We think
however that some Of our writer's
overdraw the matter when they talk
Of mixers dipping their fingers into
the milk. The inference is that the
fingers Of the mixers reach the solid
milk. The writer has never seen a
case Of this kind. According to the
writer's referred 20, the mixers dip
their fingers into the milk and convey
10 the teats OF the COW 50 much OF the
milk that the latter drips from the
teats into the pail and oozes out from
between the fingers In milking. Who
ever saw a case OF this kind? But
even at its best, the habit OF moisten-
Ing the teats with milk is not one that
should be perpetuated II the hands
were to be moistened at ALL pure
water would have TO be kept near for
that purpose. This Is impracticable.
Therefore let US put aside the practice
Of molstening the teats at all and milk
with dry hands
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-05-18
a MIRACLE 70 oRDER.
Incident Turned Theatrical TRACED,
Into Comedy.

Incident Turned Theatrical TRACED,
Into Comedy.
In the days Of his youth NJ. Coane
fin was ambitions, and the parts be
loved best to play wsre those II
which he died in fun view Of an appre
ciatiye audience. for his art He haf
one Of these roles one evening at the
Boulogne theater. and played it spIen
didly. getting ringing round Of aD
plause as he fell dead upon the stage
Then his troubles started
The audiences applause woke uT
a mosquito. which applied itself to II
Coquelin with so much assiduity that
the corpse felt it must either scream
or scratch. Another actor. who play
ed a general in the corps of which The
dead NJ. Coquelin was q young ensign
was standing near the body. and had
to say: See. then. how sad a thing
is war. But now this youth was liv-
ing. Now he is motionless for
all timel Nothing, save a miracle.
can give him life again"
But NJ Coquelin could hold out nc
longer The mosquito was stil bit
ing busily. and Coquelin had to sii
up and slap his leg. The miracle has
happened" cried the general while
the audience laughed until it cried n
this too lively corpse.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-05-18
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these colors seemed II me softer than
everyday sunshine. and the opening
foliage Of birch and larch seemed to
me more delicate and varied than on
common ground. Perhaps it was that
was approaching the forbidden land
But what irony that this seductive
valley should be the approach to the
most bare and unsheltered land in
Asia.
Four miles from Chumbi the road
passes through the second military
wall at the Chinese village OF Gobsorg.
Chubby little children run out and sa-
lutte one with the cry Of 'Backsheesh," "
the first alien word in their infant yo-
cabulary. The women Of the valley
wear a distinctive fiat green cap with
a red patch in front which harmonizes
with their complexion, a coarse brick
red, of which the primal ingredients
are dirt and cutch, enormously called
pigs blood, and the natural rnSdiness
of a healthy outdoor life in a cold eli
mate. A procession of these sirens is
comely and picturesque-at hundred
yards A little further on the road is
Galingkha, a large Thibetan village,
where the praying flags are as thick as
masts in a dockyard Here one sees
unwieldy wooden frames hanging from
poles fifty or sixty feet high. They
are used, we were told. for illumina-
tions in festival time, but the general
impression Of the force after a good
deal of conjecture was that they were
cradles of correction for refractory
children. A mile farther a sudden
turn in the valley brings one to a level
plain--a phenomenally fiat piece Of
ground, where one can race two miles
along the straight
Gautsa. which lies five miles north
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-05-18
Shipping Of NANNY Cattle.

The United States government has
just issued a proclamation 60 the man
ayers and agents OF railroads and
transportation companies as to the
transportation Of NANCY cattle. Tne
more important points in the proclaim
alton are as follows:
1. It is required Of every one intenc'
Ing to ship or to trail cattle to asceT.
tain that the cattle are not affected
with scabies and have not been ex-
posed 70 the confagion thereof before
Offering them for transportation or be-
fore crossing state or territorial boun.
darles Transportation companies are
required TO provide cleaned and disin-
fected cars or other vehicles for the
reception OF cattle. and to refuse for
shipment cattle whose freedom from
disease and from exposure to conta-
gion Is in doubt
?. Cattle that are affected with sea
bies. or that have been exposed to the
contagion Of sesbies, shall not be
shipped or driven from one state or
territory or the District Of Columbia
into another state OF territory or the
District Of Columbia. or into public
stock yards or feeding stations, until
they have been dipped IN a mixture
approved by this department, except as
provided In Rule T.
g. Cattle that are affected with the
disease may be shipped for immediate
slaughter after one dipping, but Il
they are intended for feeding or stock
ing purposes they shall be held for q
second dipping ten TO twelve days
after the first one. All Of the cattle
in certain herd or shipment in which
the disease Is present shall be consid
cred as affected with the disease.
4. Cattle that are not affected with
the disease. but which have been ex
posed 10 the contagion. may be ship
ped for feeding OF stocking purposes
after one dipping, but may be shipped
for immediate slaughter without dip
ping.
s. When affected cattle are shipped
for slaughter after one dipping. and
HANA NAIbaNA Adttlt dAH nutGHF1 A't
slaughter without dipping. the cars
conveying them shall be marked on
each sido with card bearing In
plainly visible letters the words "scab
BY Cattle" or Exposed Cattle" as tho
case may be; and each OF the wayhllls
conductors mauifests. and bills Of lad
ing Of such shipments by cars or boats
shall have a similar statement plainly
written or stamped upon lie face. Said
cards shall be furnished and affixed
by the railroad company and shall
not be removed until the cars have
been cleaned and disinfecled.
Other sections give instructions an(
requirements as to dipping and kinds
Of dips 70 be used. Stockmen inter
ested should send for a circular giving
details.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-05-18
FOOTBALL Eoa 4 HUSBAND.
Matrons and spinsters Engage -
Battle on the cridIron.

Matrons and spinsters Engage 10
Battle on the Gridiron.
Until early In the nineteenth cen
tury it was a very ancient custom
practiced at Inverness for the spin
sters to meet the matrons in an an-
nual game Of football All the avail
able women took part and the men
surrounded the players and urged
on their sisters. wives and sweet
hearts in their struggle directing their
efforts by word of mouth and enc0ur
aging the exhausted to struggle on
and secure the much coveted prize
The honors Of these unusual COM
bats, strange to say. ressed more
often with the married than the sin.
gle, for the men selected their wives
from those who showed most prowess
and endurance on the football field
Hence all the better players were
mated and frequently more than a
match for the less tough and skilfn
maidens. though the latter fought like
the knights II old for the lady o.
their choice and to the death. A
strange reversal Of positions, whIek
doubtless had its compensating adyan
tages when domestic differences arose
between a tyrannical husband and his
former footballing consort.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-05-18

Cow-pea hay. as d feed for an hay.
eating animals has not been fully ap.
preciated. It is very much superior to
timothy and other hays made from
the true grasses. the difference III
favor OF first quality cow-pea hay not
infrequentiy being double the feeding
value of the ordinary grass hays
usually found on the market. las
compared with alfalfa and Red clover
hays. cow-pea hay is superior In com.
position and at least in digesGbility.
A ton OF coW.pea hay is equal in feed.
ing value to a .on ~ wheat bran. the
proportions and quantities OF digesti.
Die food elements being practically
the same in the two feeds. yet on The
local market cow-pea hay sells for
from twelve to fourteen dollars per
ton and wheat bran from eighteen &c
twenty dollars per ton. An cQnai
d q lily OF the two feeus will produce
practically the same amount Of MIX.
energy, OF grnwth.-C. /. Newman.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-05-18
DECAY OF THE cuRTsEY.
Experts Deplore the Rudeness Of the
Present Age.

Experts Deplore the Rudeness OF the
Present Age.
There never was a time when peo
pie we're more lacking in grace said
a dancing master.
"A hostess nowadays" he adSed.
crowds her drawing room or ball
room with a large number of undesir-
ables-that is, people with no pre-
tesse to what is vulgarIy called a sty-
lisk manner. The hostess is not to
blame; circumstances compel her to
invite these people. But at one time
hostess paid as much attention
to her guests accomplishment in de-
pertinent as to their character before
inviting them to her house.
AT private dance, how seldom one
sees a girl mako a graceful curtsey to
her partneri Usually she does no
more than nod in a way that looks
shockingly familiar AS for the men
well a quarter Of a century ago one
saw more masculine grace at a clerks
or shop assistants cinderella than
our best bred men are capable Of to-
dayl But. after the example Of the
girls. MO can wonder at it2'
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-05-18

In some Of our exchanges we notice
wise advice on how long a COW should
go dry and the benefits of a resi-
period OF six weeks to two months
Now COWS differ so enormously II
that regard that what may be 6
good rest period for one COW woult
not be needed by another. II is doubt
less true that a COW should have from
one TO two months rest from milk Civ
ing. At the same time we know thai
there are some COWS Of exceptional
vigor that cannot be induced to so dry
at all. The writer has seen cows that
could not be dried Up and that were
at the same time large mixers anc
gave milk that carried a very good
percentage Of fat 1t is altogether
probable that, as we develop tho milk
giving tendency in our cows. we de
stroy the tendency to so dry for a con
siderable period II that IS true, and
il seems 10 be. the time will come
when the perpetual milker viii be the
rule among our best COWS. whether We
desire it or not We would like tC
hear from our readers their expert
ences OF the dry seasons OF tho best
cows they ever owned. These expert
ences should make interesting reading
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-05-18

Some men never feed grain to their
COWS and some go to the other ex.
treme and feed too much thus vast
ing high-prIced feed material Onlg
the man that "a 10 some extent an ex-
perlmenter can tell exactly where the
dividing line between profitable and
Improbable feeding OF grain is. It is
now pretty well established that the
men that have been feeding from If
teen to twenty pounds OF grain per
day to their COWS have been wasting
a good deal Of money. When the
roughage is good hay and silage. from
i've to ten pounds Of grain per day is
sufficient for all needs In winter. and
half Of that quantity viii do ia sum-
mer. Tho feeding Of too much grain
induces many intestinal diseases and
troubles in cows. Just as overfeeding
a human being would do.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-05-18

The men that buy and sell cows at
the Union stockyards. Chicago. are
frequently charged with practices that
are far from humane A story we re-
Gently heard illustrates the point, A
lady living in the outskirts Of Chicago
visited the stockyards to purchase a
milk COW She happened upon a COW
with very fine development OF udder
and milk veins As 1t happened the
COW had not been milked that morn
Ing, and the dealer at once had a man
attend to that important function. In
The presence Of the lady. The milk
yield Of the COW was very great and
the dealer assured her that he got the
same amount OF milk each time he
milked the COW. The lady paid the
price asked for the COW and took her
away. In a few days she returned.
saying that the COW gave only a mod.
erate-yery moderate-amount OF
milk, and wanted her money back for
the COW, as she claimed deception had
been used IN selling the animal The
dealer tcid her he could not give her
back the money. but that no deception
had been practiced. Madam" said
he. how often do you milk that GOVT"
Why replied the lady. Il milk her
twice a day. as everyone else does
that milks a cow" ~Ah, madam, " said
the dealer,s that accounts for 1t; /
only MIXED her twice a week"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-05-18
Thiok skinned Animals.

The whale may claim to have Q
skin thicker than any other animal
It has a skin nowhere less than sew.
eral inches in thickness. The distinc
ton Of being the thickest skinned
quaaruped belongs TO the Indian
rhinoceros. whose hide has a Enotty
or granulated surface. and is so i'm
panetrable as to resist the claws o.
the lion OF tiger. and the sword o.
bullet from old-fashionea smooth. bors
muskets. So stir and hard is this
skin that we're 1t not divided b,
creases or folds the animal imprison
ed in its armor could scarcely move
The SKIN Of the hippopotamus runs
that Of the rhineearos very closely az
regards thiclD~Ss.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-05-18
POULTRY



To be kept In a healthy condition
poultry must have a constant supply
Of green food. In the winter this Is
not always done nor is it frequently
done. and when the spring comes
there is all the more reason why
green food should be supplied. On
the farms where the fowls are given
the run Of the fields in the spring and
early summer, there is no particular
need to provide for a supply Of green
food. but on thousands Of farms the
hens are kept shut up, especially dur
ing the season Of garden planting and
the early periods OF growth OF the
vegetables. AS farmers are coming
more and more TO growing fruits and
vegetables and raising flowers this is
necessary; for hens and gardens 40
not work well together.
Too often the hens are shut into q
yard and are given no systematic at
tention in this regard. The yard may
have had green grass in it at the time
the fowls we're put in. but in few
weeks not a green thing is TO be
found there This In itself shows the
great craving the fowls have for green
food. A little system in this matter
will supply the fowls with the things
they desire in the way Of green food.
In the first place the yard should be
divided into two parts by cross
fence. There win have to be two
places through which the fowls can
enter the house. so that the two yards
may be readily used. Then keep the
fowls in one Of the yards while green
stun is being grown in the other.
Rape is one of the best things &c
put into such a yard and II has the
advantage over some other things
that the ground will not have TO be
prepared for it-provided the grass
has been eaten down to the roots
by the fowls. The rape seed is quite
large in size and the sprouts readily
take hold Of the ground. In a couple
OF months good crop should be grow
ing. It is best not 10 turn the fowls
IN before the rape has become twelve
or more inches high Then they may
be turned in and viii quickly convince
anyone that they have fondness foI
rape They win strip of all the thir
parts Of the leaves leaving only the
midveins. This may take them 8
month to do. But in the meanwhile
the rape goes right on growing, and
when the hens are taken out of the
yard, the plants grow again from the
midveins. This produces a second
growth more quickly than the first
In the same yard should also be sowr
lettuce. OF which the fowls are very
fond II they can pick it themselves
Fowls never seem to care much about
t green stuff If 1t is cut for them. Doubt
less this Is because they find 2 blade
Of grass or the like too dificult to eat
When It is growing on its own roots
they pick of just the amount they
can swallow at time, while If 1t iI
cut for them they cannot easily di
vide IT,
Oats are sometimes sown for poul
uy. but the writer has not generally
found that the fowls cared for the oai
plant However, at the North Caro-
lima experiment station we saw oats
/ growing in the poultry yards, and the
superintendent OF the poultry declared
that the fowls ate them readily. Oi
any single green feed we are more
pleased with rape than anything else
which is both easily grown and read
lily eaten by the fowls
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-05-18


Ealls brightly painted with Buddhistic
pictures and inscriptions dispel the
illusioa.
Two years ago | was in the Yatung
valley. at the same elevation as the
gorge below Gautsa. which l am now
and not days uarch
from 1t. The ground was carpeted with
fswers. Besides the primulas-!
counted eight different kinds Of them
land gentians and anemones and ce-
laneines and wild strawberries and
irises, there were the rhododendrons
glowing like Goals through the pine
forest. The rocks were coated with
green and yellow moss. which formed
a bed for the dwarf rhododendron
bushes. then in full flower. white and
crimson and green, and every hue be-
tween a dark reddish brown and light
sulphur yellow, not here and there, but
everywhere, jostling one another for
hooks and crannies in the rock.
Soon after this letter reaches you
the Transformation will have begun.
The present cheerless conditions will
have ceased. Instead of Icy winds and
a wintry landscape, there will be
warmth and spring sunshine. Yet fam
lies at home will be forming their
impressions Of the valley from letters
written now by .heir friends now in
the force. To disillusion them | can
not do better than to recall my i'm
pressions Of the valley as | entered it
in May two years ago. The valley had
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-05-18

Many. no doubt. have heard OF the
Holsteln and Jersey breeders tests for
their respective breeds. A Holstein
breeder was boastiug about tho rich
milk that his COWS were giving. The
Jersey man saids rFriend. are you
sure that your COWS are full.hlooded
H0lsteins? I have a sure test for
determining Holstein cows" The Hol.
stein man wanted 10 know what his
test was He said: when you be-
gin 10 milk. put a silver dollar in the
pail II the milk is thin enough so
that you can see the dollar when the
pail IS full OF milk. you may be sure
that you have a Holsteln COW" The
Holstein breeder replied that he had
a test that never failed 10 detect a
Jersey. when asked for an explana-
tlon be said: "Pnt a silver dollar In
the milk pail when you begin 70 milk,
and II the milk does not cover the dol.
lar when you are through you can be
sure that you have a Jersey cow
pgof. C. l.. Mckay.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-05-18

The guinea. which IS so despised
by SO many people. think is one OF
the most interesting and profitable
fowls that we have on The farm. They
are great foragers In summer time
when insects and weed seeds are plen-
tiful. They will make their own llv-
ing on the two articles named above
either or both Of which are a pest 10
the farmer You can trust them IN
your garden. They win not bother any
thing that you want. When the wealth
er gets warm a spring you can count
3n ono egg flem each hen every day.
rain or shine While eggs are not as
large as some eggs, II you want to sell
them they v.a bring the same price
as other eggs. II you want to eat
them you can't find a finer favored
egg. II you want TO eat the guineas
the young cnes are just splendid.
don't think they can be beat by any
fowl. think white guiness are best,
as their flesh IS whittier and their skin
is more yellow. and they are not so
wild as the colored ones. The white
gulneas will usually lay where the
chicken hens lay. especially II they
have been raised by chicken hens,
which think IS the best way to raise
them. expec. to have white suineas
while / have chickens.
A. - Copeland,
vermillon County, Illinois.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-05-18
DOES ITS BUSINESS WELL.
When Dynamite Explodes It Leaves
Little Of Value Behind Il.

When Dynamite ENpiooeS " Leaves
Little Of Value Behind L.
The terrible destructiveness Of dy-
namite can be appreciated only by
those who have personally witnessed
the devastation it leaves behind it.
Two interesting exhibits Of its force
are shown in the Stevens Institute of
Technology at Hohoken N. J. They
are steel blocks six inches in diameter
and four inches thick. showing respec-
lively the impression OF an oak leaf
and the imprint of the headline Of
western newspaper. It was during
test Of high explosives that a cart
ridge OF dynamite was placed on a
newspaper covering the block Of steel,
the object being to see how much dy-
namite would be required to split the
metal
The dynamite was fired without in
jury to the steel. but to the surprise
Of the experimeuter the print of the
newspaper was deeply pressed into the
metal The experiment was repeated.
with the same result, and then was
elaborated by trying the charge on an
oak leaf placed between the block and
the dynamite. This time the stem and
the ribs Of the leaf were deeply Inn
pressed in the metal what hap
pens is this. said the expert in
charge.
dislike most other explosives. dy-
Mantle exer,s practically all its crush
ing force downward and not ln gen
eral direction. So inconceivably quick
and forcefnl is the discharge Of tLis
powder that the imprint of the ribs
Of an oak leaf are made before the leaf
has time to be blow to atohss. IN the
case Of the newspaper it appears that
where printers ink touches the paper
the paper is hardened and more cap
able Of resistance than In other places
aud so It is that before the paper is
destroyed the printing on it is forced
deep into the metai.7