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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-11-16
CHEMICAL ALCOHOL IS CHEAP
New Process Which Decreases Great
" the Cost of production

New Process Which Decreases Great
ly the Cost of Production.
Advices received by the State De
partment at Washington from United
States Consul Haynes at Rouen,
France. throw more light on the new
process that has been discovered by
which alcohol may be produced by
chemical synthesis II is predicted
that the cost Of such production can
be reduced to less than 10 cents a gal
Ion. Thus far the cheapest alcohol
produced has cost nearly 20 cents a
gallon. At this price Germany pro
duces quantities of alcohol. potatoes
being used as the vegetable base. By
the French process no vegetable mat
ter is employed. From Carburet of
calcium-a direct combination of car
bon and hydrogen in the electric arc
--aetylene is obtained Sufficient
hydrogen then is added to produce
ethylene. and by combining water
with ethylene alcohol is obtained.
While the cost OF alcohol by the new
process has not yet been reduced
much below its cost as produced from
vegetable matter. it Is predicted with
confidence by eminent French chem
lists that in the near future it may be
produced by the new process at a
cost of about half that which Germany
pays to obtain it from potatoes
Philadelphia Record.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-11-16

Eleven millions of intelligent cour-
ageous men. That is the military
strength of the United States at the
present time.
With the enactment of the rev
National Guard law the country, dur
ing term Of peace is placed on
stronger military footing than ever
before in its history Some idea Of
the immensity of this force can be
appreciated when it is realized that
this number would make eleven arm
les as large as that magnificent host
of seasoned veterans under the COM
mand of Grant at the close of the war
between the states.
European nations may well ponder
over the significant fact that in the
twinkling of an eye Uncle Sam could
place an army in the field which
could not be duplicated, and which
would challenge the admiration OF the
civilized world While the idea Of a
large standing army is repugnant to
the American mind, 1t is true. never
theless, that the United States has
approached nearer to standing
army than ever before. 1t is prepar-
ed to defend the Monroe doctrine, the
maintenance of which many leading
statesmen believe will precipitate the
next war. Under the new law this
vast army thoroughly armed and
equipped and trained for the serious
business Of war can be mustered
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-11-16
OIL MAenATE's GREAT BRAIN.
The Reason for John D. Rockefeller's
Business Success.

A copper mining engineer says: i
consider John d. Rockefeller one Of
the most underestimated men in this
country. The man who has done
what he has done must possess brains
that are not easily compared with the
ordinary mind Mr.. Rockefeller can
no more miss the point of financial
problem than an artist can fail to see
a picture when harmonious lines or
color fall under his eye.
Il will illustrate the Rockefeller
financial capacity by something which
occurred within my personal knowl-
edge. John d. Rockefeller a few years
ago was enjoying his bread and milk
in the Adirondacks upon a large dairy
farm. An ordinary business man
might have said, What is the profit
on this milk? or What does II
cost and what do you get for it?'
Not so. however, with Mr. Rockefeller.
He said to the farmer, What do you
pay for your silo and what do you pay
for your labor etc, and few other
innocent questions. Then he took
paper anu peucll anu III lew luiH-
utes looked up from his figures and
said. Mr. Smith. your milk costs you
- cents per quart and Farmer
Smith replied. Thunder and guns; it
took us eleven years to find that out,
and you have found it out in eleven
minutes
Now" continued the mining engin-
eer, IF you will take your own lead
pencil and figure tho relative efficiency
of that Rockefeller lead pencil as com
pared with most farm lead pencils at
Eleven Minutes VS.. Eleven Years, and
multiply the organization ability be-
hind the lead pencil as expressed in
the tens Of thousand Of brain units it
has organized and efficiently directed.
You will get the mathematical answer
TO the problem Of why one man dis
tances all competitors in the race for
a billion-dollar goal, although starting
from the base Of $7-a-week clerk
ship wall Street Journal
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-11-16

and every morning will drive the
ducks or poultry to their feeding
places, and carefully collecting any
stragglers. bring them safely home at
night. A yakamik soon learns to
know and obey the voice of his mas
ter, follows him. when permitted, wher-
ever he goes, and appears delighted at
receiving his caresses. 1t pines at his
absence and welcomes his return and
is extremely jealous of any rival.
Should any dog or cat approach It flies
at it with the utmost fury, and. at
tacking it with wings and beak, drives
it away.
1t presents itself regularly during
meals, from which IL chases all do
nestle animals. and even the negroes
who wait on the table. if it is not well
acquainted with them, and only asks
for a share of the eatables after it
has driven away all who might aspire
to favorable not from the gathered
family.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-11-16
PIGS MADE TO WORK.
In France They Root Out Truffies for
the Gardener.

In France They Root Out Truffies for
the Gardener.
All boys know that a dog is a great
aid to the sportsman, but not many of
them would think that a pig could be
OF much use in hunting. Yet in
France pigs are used in hunting
truffies. delicacy for the table which
is found at the roots of oak trees.
When a farmer decides to go hunt
ing for trufies he takes his pig and
piggie goes shifting about with his
nose to the ground just as a dog does
when he follows the scent. When he
finds a truffie he begins to burrow in
the loose soil with his snout Before
he can take the truffie. however, the
farmer pulls him away, but gives him
few acorns by way Of compensation.
AS soon as he has eaten the acorns
Mr.. Pig goes to work hunting more
truffies. Sometimes he will find sew
eral pounds of them beneath a tree.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-11-16

There's a mournful wind that whines
Through the cedars and the pines
And the fog from of the creek blows
chill and damp.
And It's hours and it's weeks
Ere the welcome saddle creeks.
And the first relief comes riding out OF
camp:
Ills TO circle-circle round.
All the mired. trampled ground.
Heel or fog the leaders back whose heads
are veering.
'Tis to ride and rail and grid
AT The shifting. drifting herd.
When the night herd holds the cattle in
the clearing.
When the tired doggies knee,
And the care that rode to .heel
or horseman clings and crouches at his
heart
To what fantasies Of thought
Is the minor cadence wrought
In the symphonies where wind and wood
take part2
Are the songs whose memory chanced?
Are they tunes his feet have danced2
Have they words that stab familiar and
endearinE?
OH there needs no score OF years
To have ghosts to herd like steers
when the night herd holds the cattle in
the clearing.
Henry Longan Stewart in Denver
Times
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-11-16
Do Great Work for Religion
Splendid Showing Made by the American Tract Society
Have Turned Out Ten Billion Pages of Bibles in Seventy
Five Years Almost All Languages Represented

Gals which the society has issued Is
more than 255 100000
This vast publication enterprise Is
remarkable not only for the volume
of its output but for the variety and
character of the books and papers
which come from its presses. Among
the home publications are works In.
twenty foreign languages. These are
in German, French. Spanish. Portu-
guese. Italian, Welsh, Dutch, Nor
wegian, Danish. Swedish, Hungarian,
Finnish, Bohemian, Polish, Armenian.
German-Hebrew, Lithuanian, Croa-
tian. Hebrew and Chinese. And in
the issuing of literature to the people
of other lands the society goes even
further than this. II prints books
and pamphlets in tongues that have
never been written before. In West
ern Africa is a barbarous tribe, the
Bulu. which has no written language
of it's own. The Christian missionar-
les among these people have record
ed the native sounds in English let
ters. and have thus produced a yo-
cabulary which many Of the natives
have learned to write. And in this
new language the Tract society has
already printed and will send a trans
alton in the new Bulu language OF
Fosters story Of the Bible Thus do
education and religion go hand in
hand into the darkest corners of the
world.-Leslie's Weekly.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-11-16
War Strength Of United States.
The Placing ofEleven Million Men in the Field Would Be
Task ofNo Great Magnitude for Uncle Sam If the Neces>
sity Should Arse An UnequaIed Showing.

almost instantly. Al present the
naval force of the United States is
exceeded only by that Of Great Brit
ain and France.
According to the recent reports OF
the acknowledgements of the states to
the Secretary Of War the exact avail
able strength of the United States is
1885, 1896. OF the number, 118,259
are organized. The regular army con-
sists of $4,000 men. Thus there are
153,259 men actually under arms, and
this force forms a nucleus which is
susceptible VI indefinite expansion.
A thorough understanding of the
excellent military position OF the
United States will be had when it is
known that the new law provides for
equipping the National Guard with
modern arms; for practice marches;
for field maneuvers with the regular
troops; for target practice; for the
same formation and tactics now in
force in the regular establishment,
and for generous appropriations to
be expended in carrying the new law
into effect. Wonders are expected of
it and the mistakes of the Spanish
war will be avoided. The laws pro-
viding for rotation in the staff de-
partments and the new general
staff of the army will also con-
tribute largely toward bringing about
these excellent Washington
Times
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-11-16
At Catfish Crossing

willin' hand and a worker. but when
1t was too late Uncle David discovered
that he had one bad fault He was
almost nigh-sighted enough TO play
the fiddle and be led by a dog
Uncle David told the new man
about feedin chickens and beddin'
the horses, and he pitched into work.
Twan't long before Uncle David got
to wonderin' why he see the beddin'
so slim in the horses stalls when he
went out to the barn mornln's. and he
says to the man:
Beddin these hosses regiar?
Yes, sure' the man says.
sawdust?' says Uncle David.
Every night says the man.
Its extraordinary singular where
they kick il to" says Uncle David. and
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-11-16


What are we set on earth for? Say. to
toll:
Nor seek TO leave thy tending of the
vines
For all the heat O. the day, till it de-
clnes
And deaths mild curTew shall from work
assoil
God did anoint thee with his odorous oil.
To wrestle, not to reign; and he as
signs
All thy tears over like pure crystal
lines.
For younger fellow-workers of the soil
To wear for amulets So others shall
Take patience labor. 10 their heart and
hand.
From thy hand and thy heart and thy
brave cheer
And Gods grace fructify through thee to
all
The least flower, with a brlmming cup.
may stand
And share it's dewdrop with another
near.
-EnzaHrs barrett Browning.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-11-16

It was a rainy day at Catfish Cross-
ing. Quite a few of the Crossings
most yeracious citizens were in ses-
sion at Grimsol's grocery. Those
meetings at Grimsols grocery are
never IN executive session. They are
open and above board. Any one may
sit by and hear them. Frequently
strangers who are passing through,
whether travelling for pleasure or go
ing on across into Jersey. tarry a while
at Grimsors grocery. II there is a ses-
sion Of Crossing citizens on these
strangers will necessarily pause and
listen And often a look and a listen
viii inspire some one OF tEoln 10
throw IN a little thing Of his own on
the subject In hand. or perhaps on
some other subject
On this particular rainy day at Cat
1sh Crossing the visiting stranger at
Grimsol's grocery was talrman with
a blue umbrella and a large Roman
nose. The expression Of his face was
amiable, but his trousers we're very
short. He looked like a man who
would tell the truth II Il was necessary.
but the shade Of his nose was prima
facie eiiGsaCe that he had never been
overprompt in saying NO" An
ordinary listener to the proceedings Of
this session az the grocery might have
been wise enough to suggest afiidavits
as appropriate things to go with what
he heard but this visiting stranger
gave every outward evidence OF en-
tire confidence in the credibfity OF the
session; seemed as firmly Gxed in his
belief Ia Il as he was In his belief
that the big pitcher at the far end OF
the counter had cider In H.
A lull having come In the proceed
ings. the stranger spoke and said
Il see you use pine sawdust for
beddin' down your horses over here.
and there Amt nofhin better"
Squire Billdud. who sat on the wood
box. said no. there wasn't.
There amt no doubt. neither" con-
tinued the stranger. that this here
egg forcin' meal some one has CON
iured up for maxim heas lay whether
they want 70 or not is built on the right
idea"
Old Bier Crump. from the cracker
barrel. said there wasn't no kind o.
doubt OF Il, cause he had tried it.
But let me warn you." said the
stranger. Beware o nigh-sighted
hired men,"
This made everybody prick up his
cars and look arouna little queer:
but sugar-tooth Bill Fritchey, sitting
on the nail keg. cracked two or three
OF his fingers and said:
yes"
Yes" exclaimed the stranger.
launching himself up on the counter
and glancing longingly down at the
pitcher at the other end Wen, I
should say it was yes Go ask Uncle
David Breckendarter! Go over to the
vale o Pochuck, II you want to know.
and ask Uncle David Breckendarterl"
Nobody got up to so, and the
stranger resumed:
Uncle David Breckendarter," said
he. keeps swads o chickens. Swads
Of 'em. Not so long ago he read in
the paper about this here egg forcin
meal to make hens lay whether they
wanted to or not. and he sent and got
a big lot OF Il. Then, about that time
Job Jeffers, who'd been hired man for
Uncle David for three years, took It
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-11-16
A seIf-penxinu onerina.

Some young girls at a summer re-
sort were giving a vaudeville perform
ance for local charity. A young man
who thought himself facetious tossed
upon the stage after one of the
turns" bouquet whose chief ingred-
lent was head of cabbage. The girl
who received this offering Of appre-
citation read the card that accompanied
it. and advanced to the footlights.
1t gives me great pie. Nure," she
said. to know that Mr.. Edward Nor
gan has enjoyed my performance.
hoped that the audience might like K.
but never expected for a moment
that Mr.. Morgan would so far lose his
head as to throw it upon the stage."
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-11-16

But | pass" said the minister. in
dismissing one theme to take up an
other. Then make it spades. yelled
a man in the gallery, who was dream
ing the hour away in an imaginary
game Of pedro
1t is needless to say that he went
out on the next deal. assisted By ons
Of the deacons.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-11-16
Hard Mork Of Piano PlaxIna.


In a lecture at a recent conference
OF musicians in Dublin some interest
ing particulars and astonishing statis-
ties were given relative to the amount
of work accomplished by the brain
and nerves in piano playing. A pian-
list in view of the present state Of pi-
anoforte playing has to cultivate the
eye to see about 1900 signs in one
minute. the fingers to make about
1000 movements and the brain to re-
ceive and understand separately the
1900 signs while it issues 1000 orders.
In playing Weber's ''moto perpetuo"
a pianist has to read 4.541 notes in
little under four minutes. This is
about 10 in a second: but the eye can
receive only about ten consecutive inn
pressions In second. so 1t is evident
that in very rapid music a player does
not see every note singly but in groups,
probably a bar or more at one vision.
In Chopin's .etude in E minor" Tin the
second set) the speed Of reading is
still greater, since it is necessary to
read $3.50 signs in two minutes and a
half. which is equivalent to about
2S notes a second.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-11-16
Rnt Il Was NO .Ioke

Scribbles-Some of those biblical
characters must have been rather
comical
Dibbles-Come on with your the
ory.
Scribbles--Well, there was job. for
example. He fairly boiled over with
humor.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-11-16
When a Girl Anoles.

Ethel-Fred has broken our en-
gagement.
Maude-Well. don't you care.
There are just as good fish in the sea.
you know.
Ethel--Yes, but suckers are the
only kind that bite now, and | want
a goldfish.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-11-16
PlausihI. Definition

Say. pa queried little Johnny
Bumperniclxle. what's a possibility ?"
"A possibility, my boy" replied the
old man. ''is something q man wants
to happen. but which refuses to do
So"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-11-16

Little Willie-"Say, pa, what is an
assignee?"
Pa--"AE assignee. my son. is a man
who has the deal and gives himself
four aces"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-11-16

in his head that he'd like to see more
o. the world than he thought he could
git a glimpse Of in the sweet vale O.
Pochuck. and so he hired out to a
man down at Sprout Hill. But it hap
pened that another chap comes along
looi,in' for work Jest about then. and
Uncle David hired hlm. lie was q
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1904-05-12
AaIall Mates.

Last Sunday wife and / attended a
temperance rally in Dukes valley, Mr..
Bradley Of Hood River and nj. d, Odell
Of this place being the principal speak
ers. Prohibition and local option were
the topics under consideration. As is
generally the case, few vorters were
present to hear the arguments pre-
seHted. An urgent plea was made, and
perhaps justly for local option law,
but not word was sa d about that
other, and to my mind better proposed
law, to-wit: the nominating primary
ballot law. If such law were adopted
by the voters in June it would enforce
itself and 90 farther toward eliminating
fraud and corruption at the polls than
would local option. The Australian
ballot was long stride in the way of re.
form In the ballot system II is not so
much laws that we want enacted but
the enforcement of the good laws al
ready enacted, Along the line of re-
form this proposed nominating ballot
law would give every man an equal
show with the boss politician and his
hirelings to place his name before the
people as candidate for any office he
saw fit TO aspire. This law enacted and
the primaries would practically prove
an election. And il would be an elec-
tion in every sense of the word, Just as
is our general election and would simply
be endorsed at such general election.
II is my opinion that along moral and
educational lines, and those only, will
the temperance question ever be solved
to the satisfaction of prohibitionists
themselves, and the only way TO correct
any evil is.along these lines. The poll
tician is on to his job knowing it is one
thing 10 enact law and another thing
to enforce it There are plenty of whole
some laws already on the statutes but
who looks after the enforcement of them9
Echo answers, who? Vote for this pro-
posed primary nominating law, and YOU
have made the greatest stride toward
political reform possible. II the tenn
perance people will make this an issue
along with the local option, they win |
ind assistance from men who will not |
rote prohibitien.
Mr.. Crockett, our road supervisor, is |
ready TO receive contribution work ON |
he Tucker hill, and will also assist
IN the work. Why not do a little
work now instead of grOwling all next
winter about the bad condition Of the
'oads? Where are the men that opposed
tax levy last fall on the ground that
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1904-05-12
Ghastlr Find on the Bali Grounds.

While grading the base ball grounds,
and just after taking off the first layer
OF earth, the pillow turned up skull,
which upon examination proved to be
that Of an Indian. Further investiga-
ton brought to light nine of these relics
Of some tragedy OF other days.
Col O. B. Hartley, who has charge OF
the work at the ball grounds, lined these
skulls mp on the fence surrounding the
field and they we're viewed by scores of
people during the day. The skulls were
not accompanied by any other portion Of
the skeletons OF the owners, but we're ap-
parently taken from the bodies and
buried, while the skeletons were disposed
OF in some other manner. There is a
rumor that at one time the inhabitants
Of this part of the country were given to
canibalism. 1t is therefore very proba-
BILE that the skulls were those Of some
captives who were bntchered to fill the
larder, or supply the material of a great
feast OF some hyas tyee before the foot of
the white man had polluted the land. A
portion OF the skulls bore the mark of the
tomahawk, proving conclusiyely that the
owners had met with violent death
Another theory is that these skulls be-
longed TO captives which had been Of
fered in sacrifice, the other portions of
the bodies having been burned, and
these skulls kept as trophies Of war, as
was the habit OF some OF the aborigines.
1t is impossible to arrive at definite
conclusion, because Of our inability to
even approximate the date OF their bur-
ial. They were found about two feet be-
low the surface, and 1t cannot be told
what portion Of the soil was placed over
them, il any, and what was the accumu-
lation of the decades since they were
placed there.
o. L. Stranahan says when he came
here the Indians had so many sweat
houses on this land that it had to be
graded down before it could be culti-
waited. These sweat houses, as they are
called, were the Indian hospitals, where
medicine men treated all diseaser their
dusky patients were heir to, and all all
ments were given the same treatment.
Were it not for the marks of the toma-
hawk, one might infer that these were
the victims of those early dciples of
Esculapius. In any event these relics
of earlier Hood River days will be in
teresting subjects of thought to those
who like to study the history of our
country prior to the advent of the white
man. The Glacier would suggest that
those having the skulls communicate
with George H. Hines, Portland, Or,
who would doubtless be very glad to
place one or more Of them in the His
torical Society's museum. Col. Hartly
says the skulls disappeared, but we do
not infer that they still retain their old
proclivity for making themselves invisi-
bic, which rendered them so dangerous
to our early settlers.