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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-29
Filipino All Saints Eve

All Saints eve is celebrated in the
Philippines in a strange fashion, says
a writer in Lippincotts. It is gleefully
hailed by all the gay young blades Of
tho village as the calinanan or chick
en- stealing fiesta, as on that night it
is considered perfectly legal to steal
every feathered thing you can lay
hands on. Young men and boys as
semble at midnight, often to the num-
ber of 100 or more, and, dividing into
bands of eight or ten, each band hav-
ing duly appointed captain in COM
mand, proceed to take toll of every
hen roost in the neighborhood.
The expeditions are attended with
plenty Of excitement and even danger
as the fowls roost either in the
branches of trees or under the elevated
floors of the houses, which are usually
high enough from the ground to per-
nit man to pass to and fro under
them in a stopping position. To
gather the chickens from the trees is
an easy task, though one or two
youths are often treed by an irate
householder with blood in bis eye and
a bolo in his hand, but the onslaught
on the roosts under the houses is the
supreme test Of coolness and courage.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-29
Learning How to Shoot

you can rarely hit a flying bird. If it
makes you slow you will find little
trouble in becoming quick enough.
The man who begins with quick shoot
ing and becomes a good shot after the
expenditure Of barrels Of ammunition
does not become so by virtue Of max
ing a machine Of himself It is be
cause in making a machine Of himself
he unconsciously acquires the habit
Of seeing the gun and game in the
same quick glance which he would
not do at first. A quick shot thus be-
comes accurate with time; and a show
shot viii become quick with time and
with far less practice. There is no
reason Why one should not learn in
one season to get sufficient enjoyment
ont Of the gun if one viii but remem-
Der that the pleasure is not In the
size Of the bag or in the cleauaess Of
the score, and never was.-Outing.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-29
The Old Country Store

I'd know 1t by the sight Of it, I'd know
1t by the smell;
I'd know it by the sound of 1t, and know
it mighty well.
I'd know it If you set me down at mid
night, mid the scent
OF coffee bags and sugar bins and coun-
try butter blent
With eyes shut, / can smell again the
prints upon the shelf
Amid the hickory shirting-yOu could do
the same yourself
If you had lived among them in the days
when life was bleak
And all YOU saw was in the town-say
every other week.
On that side is the candy-I can see it
now. and OH
How good those striped sticks used to
look in days of long ago!
On this side IS the muslin with blue
trade marks printed on,
The bleached and unbleached side by
side; and here's some slazy lawn
And dmity that wouldn't sell (they'd
bought il by mistake)
Some blacking. fans, and currycombs,
with hoe and garden rake.
We used to carry in the eggs and butter,
and we'd buy
Our sugar. tea. and blueing and the con-
centrated lye.
We used TO wander back into the small
room where they kept
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-29
USE GOLD FISH FOR BAIT.
Two Anglers, in Despair, Buy Them
in Place of Minnows.

Two Anglers, in Despair, Buy Them
in Place of Minnows.
A pair of Philadelphians who went
down to Gibbsboro on fishing expedi-
ton recently, says the Philadelphia
Record, discovered when they arrived
in the Jersey town that they were shy
on bait. AS the fishermen were out
for bass and pike, live bait was neces-
sary: so a small boy was hired to
catch minnows. He scooped in thirty
i've, and charged cent apiece for
the fish. The anglers paid the price,
and then found the minnows too small
10 swim about after they had been
hooked. a circumstance which seemed
to knock the bottom out of the fish
ing trip, as, unless the bait is lively,
the bass and pike do not bite.
The pair had about decided to go
home when one spied an aquarium
filed with goldfish in store window.
He suggested the goldfish as bait. and
both men secured a dozen for com
bartively small sum. The experiment
was a success. The anglers caught a
fair mess and found the goldfish to be
very hardy A pair which had been
used as bait, and had escaped the hun
cry pike and bass seemed none the
worse for having been hooked and
swan about when returned to the
aquarium as if nothing had disturbed
kheir monotonous career.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-29

1 believe practice With the rifle the
true way to learn to shoot best with
the shotgun. The old idea was that
shooting rifle made you too slow
with the shotgun and that the shotgun
spoiled your rifle shooting. There is
something in the latter, but not mucii
in the former idea. If one were shoot
ing continuously with either and
should suddenly change to the other,
he might not at once do as good shoot
ing as if he had tried both: it might
take few days practice to get used
to the new conditions. But rife shoot
ing can injure shotgun shooting only
by making one too slow; and my ex-
perience is that one cannot be 50 in
jured except temporarily
BY beginning with the rife you eli
inmate at once most Of the trouble
from excitement, because you know
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-29
Kick Spoiled the Story

per. the capitalist began to talk of his
stock farm. This reminded Mr.. Dash
Of his second cousins farm in Penn
sylvania.
'Joe has one of the finest barns in
the county" he said, warming to his
tale. Indeed, it's one Of the finest in
the state, or in any state. It's 400 feet
long g''-here George delivered a we'll
aimed and-and feet wide"
Naturally. next day there were mu-
tual recriminations and back talking.
You've killed yourself with that
man now for keeps, sneered George.
-Four hundred feet long and six feet
widei"
1T was your pig-headed tomfoolish-
ness in kicking me at the wrong time"
insisted Mr. Dash. you spoiled it ALL
II you'd kept your feet to yourself Ia
have made a well proportioped barn OF
it, anyway. Washington Post ~rr'
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-29

There are people who maintain that
Mr.. Dash, the architect, is grossly un-
truthful, but l do not hold with them.
The gentleman is merely enthusiastic
and imaginative, and his geese, not
content with being swans, insist on
being roes. He went out to supper one
night not long ago with his friend
George. and a capitalist whom he
hoped to have for a friend. 1t was
Georges party, and George begged Mr..
Dash to confne his talk to yea, yea,
and nay, nay, and so not prejudice the
desirable capitalist
Now, when you begin to exagger-
ate" said George, I'm going to kick
you. and when you feel the weight Of
my foot for heavens sake whittle your
story down."
Mr.. Dash promised. All went well
till, in the mellow time after the sup
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-29

Dark figures steal quietly to the at
tack, and the crucial moment comes
when hands are laid on the feathered
victims. One or more is sure to give
the alarm, and the awakened family
comes flying pell-mell to the rescue.
armed with knives, clubs, stones, even
guns if it is lucky enough to possess
them, and the next few minutes are
filled with enough excitement to salts
fly even the most adventurous spirit.
SQuawks, cries. curses, kicks, squeals,
the sound of rapid blows and running
feet fill the night air, while the feath-
ers literally fly.
The glory of the raid consists in
getting away with the chickens, and
usually two or three agile young fell
lows engage the angry owners while
the rest of the party get away with
the loot A party of six young men
at Binangonan on All Saints eve,
1902, returned from their midnight ex-
cursion with forty-fve chickens and
turkeys, several geese "and many
bruises" to quote the leader Of the
band, who proudly exhibited a black
eye, a sprained wrist, and a face
scanned and SCARED with many
scratches, all received in the battle
Of the hen roosts."
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-29

Here is a description of James
Bryce. who is visiting this country. It
is written by one of the professors at
Harvard, where he lectured: He is a
small man, about 65 years old, with a
very large head. most of which seems
10 protrude backward and to slant up
ward and backward from his high fore
head. He is bald on top. with that
sort Of white hair and beard which
sometimes turns yellow. He has very
bushy eyebrows of the same color, is
very nicely dressed.
snd has quite a distinct Irish accent,
not at all the broad English accent
which I had expected. He is a distinct
Ipeaker. though very quiet and abso-
utely Unconditional He has a high
aasal voice
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-29
HuNeARlANs CROSS THE SEA.
Town in Wisconsin Founded by Them
In 1841.

In 1s41.
A work on Migration from Hun
gary" in the Abrege du Bulletin de la
Societe Hongroise de Geographic
shows that, while the history Of Hun
garian emigration reaches back into
the fifteenth century. it has never at
tanned such dimensions as in the last
few decades.
In the two decades from 1881 to
1900 the migration from Hungary has
amounted to 100000 souls, or 2.3 per
cent of the total population.
In 1857 there were only $4,000 Hun
garians dwelling in Austria, whereas
in the year 1900 there were more
than 10000, 100000 of them in Wen
ma alone.
The emigration to America has set
in only since the eighteenth century,
and in 1841 the Hungarians founded
in the state of Wisconsin the colony
Of Harasztyfalu. which now as Sauk
City has long lost all trace Of the Mag
var character.
Not till 1877 did the emigration as
sumo large proportions. 1t was direct.
ed especially to Pennsylvania. New
York and New Jersey, and that in con.
sequence Of strikes among American
workers. The volume of emigration
attained its first maximum from 1886
to 1892, and its second in the years
subsequent to 1899.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-29

The "coal oil" and the axle grease--'twas
hardly ever swept;
But there 1t was we found the scales and
weighed ourselves and said
1t wasn't like the steelyards out in our
old wagon shed.
Twas there that in the spring time pa
would buy us all straw hats,
The 10-cent kind made out Of straw they
use for making mats.
In fall we got our fOOtgear that must
last the winter through.
For pa said: "Thems yer winter boots
we've got t make EN- do"
I've been in houses mercantile that COW
cred blocks and blocks:
I've seen the clerks that swarmed around
in bevies and in hOcks
I've seen the elevators; but / cannot
make 1t seem
Like anything substantial. for tis Moth
ing but a dream.
To me the real store" will be, as long
as life shall last,
That smelly country village place l knew
there in the past.
With Just one clerk to sell you things
some fellow that you knew,
thered be as high as two.
No fun to do tn tradin like 4 used TO,
any more
How clear is memory's picture of that
"gen'ral" country store!
Strickland W. Gillian in Leslie's
w eekly-
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-29
Rest Is Gone

Sunday, from being day Of rest
for man and beast, has become the
busiest day Of the week. So many So
ciety people live In the suburbs that
the English weekend parties have be-
come an established custom in this
country, and the guests must be
amused. Dinners, at homes and musi-
Gales, not only In town but out Of
town, have become the regulation
mode of entertainment for that day.
Sunday, too, is the day now select
ed for repairing streets and altering
car tracks in the business sections,
which 1t is impossible to do during
the rush and crowding of the week.
The old-fashioned Sunday has dis
appeared-that slow, easy-going day of
rest and family reunion, when church
and good, solid dinner we're the only
distractions, and Sunday papers were
of small import. Simple pleasures,
and yet how restfull
The city's growth and the opening
Of new and convenient routes by the
trolleys are in a great measure re-
sponsible for the change, and the
truthful excuse is given that Sunday
is the only day that one is free to
visit. But have the majority this ex-
cuse, or is it the feverish rush after
excitement and novelty
What would the Pilgrim Fathers
have to say If they saw the very yani-
ties they had turned from in the Old
World becoming daily more estab-
Iished in the New? Think Of the aus
terity Of the Puritan Sunday-the
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-29
Jusr TURNING The TABLES.
Captain Had Waited Long, and Made
Others Wait.

OAfARf@ ~ $50
Col. Henry Cochrane, former COM
mander of the marine barracks at
League island, tells a new story on
Rear Admiral Charles d. Sigsbee.
Until recently Admiral Sigsbee, now
president Of the board of naval exam
iners in Washington, was commandant
at League island.
Speaking Of slow promotion in the
navy" said the colonel, reminds me
Of the retort the rear admiral made to
the navy paymaster just after he had
been advanced after a long and pa
tient wait, from commander to cap
tain. He kept the launch which was
to take him to his ship waiting con-
siderably beyond the appointed mo-
ment. Every expected him to be on
the dot because it was his first order
to take charge of a vessel under his
new titleJ
When Capt. Sigsbee strolled nom
chalantly up, Paymaster Charles w.
Slamm, who was in charge Of the
launch, surveyed the youthful COM
mander with critical impatience:
Captain, he said, 'you-you have
just been promoted, and you-you
have made bad beginning. You have
kept the boat waiting ten minutes,
sir
Be calm, Mr.. Slamm,' said the
new captain, with a tantalizing grin
and a look directed at no one in par
ticular, I've been waiting years for
the privilege New York Times.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-29
A Crank Admission.

DR.. G. P. Mains, the treasurer Of the
Methodist Tract society, was talking
about volumes of sermnos that had
been profitable and popular.
Not many ministers, though" he
said "are able to put upon the market
profitable and popular volumes of ser
mons"
Then DR.. Mains smiled.
Il am reminded" he said, "of an
elderly Scottish minister. At an
evening gathering certain volume OF
sermons came up for discussion, and
it was stated that the author of the
volume had cleared something like
G 500.
"At this the old minister's wife
leaned over and whispered to him:
MY dear. see nothing to hinder
YOU from printing a few of your SER
mons. too.
"'They were all printed lang syne,
the old minister whispered back"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-29
MaitInn for a cent.

The Brooklyn man was taking his
friend from Philadelphia home to dine.
AS they neared the Fulton Ferry the
Philadelphia inquired why so many
people stood on the outside of the
ferry house.
They're waiting for o'clock. when
the fare is changed from GENTS to l
cent" explained the Brooklynite.
These people would consider them
selves foolish if they went in now.
Some Of them are laborers. some
clerks and some millionaires. but not
one buys a ticket till you hear the
gong. Lots Of them stand around with
stop watches and kick if she's a Sec
ond late. All, there she goes Come
on"
well. I'll be blessed." said the
Philadelphia. and they joined the
crowd. surging inward on the stroke
of the bell.-New York. Sun.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-29

long journey to church, the long.
tedious service-and it cannot be woI-
dered at that a reaction should ensue-
Then came the Sundays Of the last
century--the Sundays when the break
fast was deferred to an hour later
than on week days. Oh, the luxury Of
that extra hours sleep! The regula-
ton Sunday breakfast OF hot bread
or grlddle cakes, and the haste to be
ready in time for church, for to
church or meeting one must go. un-
less able to give some plausible cx-
cuse. The children all went to church,
too, in those days, and If the sermon
seemed endless and far beyond the
comprehension of such youthful lis
teners there was always the compen-
sation of dropping the bright penny
on the collection plate, or watching
poor old Mr.. Blank nodding gently
and waking with a start at regular in
tervals. Sacrilegious amusements
without doubt, but compensating in a
measure for the penance Of sitting
still, which is SO irksome to the
youngl How much the children en-
joyed being allowed to keep on their
best clothes in honor of the dayl
Light literature was tabooed, only to
make it more enjoyable during the
week, and there was the solace OF
knowing that If story books we're for
hidden, lessons, too. we're laid aside.
Childish and simple this sounds now,
yet how restful that Sunday routine
in modern ears! Philadelphia Led
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-29
ABOUT INDIAN DAY SCHOOLS.
They Are Doing Great Work In Civil
Izlng the Red Man.

iZlnq tne heo Man.
The Indian day schools are centers
Of interesting things uplifting to
needy people, says a writer in the
Southern Workman. They are home
Dbject lessons of cleanliness, industry
and thrift. They teach industries
Suitable to the environment in which
the children live
They strengthen home ties by re-
Qulring parents to care for their Off
spting. They give teachers an oppor-
tlnity TO study the conditions Of the
Indian home and to better them. They
are distributing points for medicine
and good counsel. They silently but
nnobtrusiyely break down opposition
to American dress and customs.
Above all, they keep the Indians at
home.
Some teacher has said that If the
day schools did no more than keep the
Indians at home they would be worth
all they cost. These schools should
have the best and most valuable Chris
tian men and women in the service.
They should have a man for teacher
with his wife for housekeeper and
these must be provided with a good
home.
One of my Indian neighbors came to
me and asked to be taught how to
make light bread. She brought her
flour and was shown how to make the
sponge This she took home and the
next morning the writer went to her
house, showed her how to lnead the
bread, how to make it into loaves and
how to bake it, but after some time
the woman brought the dough to the
teachers home, requesting her to bake
1t for her.
After all was finished she said:
''Well, this is all a great deal OF
trouble and it takes altogether too
long. When we want bread we want
it right away" Another neighbor re-
marked ~The light bread is like a
sponge, nothing to it."
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-29

A moment. and the eyes 50 clear and true
Are dark with agony; a moment more.
And. like a flash through some close
curtained door,
The soul has gone, dumb, supplicating
youi
The pangs Of pain and loss all our race
knew
BEFORE cur time-and to the very core
Pains vultures went. In vain his bonds
he tore.
The strong Prometheus; at his heart
they flew.
The mystery Of pain--of loss and pain
The mother dying. and the little child
Bereft. alone-the springtime lad
that died
OF law fulfilled! men protesting
Wild.
or what avail? for Christ was cru
New York Slr.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-29
Iove Is blind.

What color are her eyes? What shade?
You ask. but I could never tell.
They're Just her eyes, and God ne 'er made
Another pair of eyes so well.
Hair gold or brown? Wen. this ] know.
To think ont is my chief delight
No sun In summer time doth glow,
Nor moon at night CLEAN half as bright
Tips red? What. Seest thou not her kiss,
God knows-my senses cease to be;
II ! but dream anon of this
I'd die for the reality.
Each night I VOW to stand apart
And learn to name her every charm;
But long before she comes my heart
Is sounding in a wild alarm.
And at a hound I'm by her side,
All. far too close to recognize
Aught but the welcome quick implied
The loving laughter in her cycs.
&C NJ B.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-29

Copyright. isoi by Daily Story Pub co)
The forecastle lamp burned with
spasmodic splutter as il swung from
the beam TO the motion OF the bark
and cast its dim light on the wrinkled
face of Tom Blodgett as he fought for
the few sands Of life that remained in
the hour glass OF his allotted time.
over the side OF the narrow dirty bunk
his horny hand hung neryeless, and
his waxen face betokened the last
stage OF illness.
Joe Brent, coming down from his
watch on deck, asked him how he did.
''Hl wish.' murmured Tom, Il could
talk with a clergyman"
low would 'Odges do?" asked
Brent; "his fathers a sexton hin q
church and he's nearer a clergyman
than any one hon the bark"
Tom nodded aud Brent proceeded to
awaken Mr.. Hodges.
Wake siap. you bloomln' lump O.
lead" beloved Mr. Brent, and at the
same time hauling the representative
Of the church irreyerently out OF his
bunk.
Say somethin' comi0rtin' 70 old
Tom" commanded Brent. you know
somethin habout church matters"
You'll be 'appy. Tom," began Mr..
Hodges. somewhat sleepily; 'youn
ave no taupsails TO reef and no decks
10 'olystone-"
low about 'ell?' interrupted the
sufferer, with solicitude.
no ell for you. Tom" replied Mr..
Hodges. cheeringly; hits a straight
course hup for you, my boy"
"Hi pushed q man hoverboard in
Shields once" moaned Tom. Joe
here knows III did. Mebbe e was
drowned. HI don't know"
What, that there Pete Bowlyl"
CALCULATED Mr. Brent. THE Halmighty
as no grudge ag'in you for that Hin
bet my wages e was glad TO get Pete
hon Of IS books"
Hive a matter o. twenty pun some
hold shilling in the savings bank at
Shields" whispered the sick man. Il
want you two fellers to ave H."
Wen happrecIate hit and take good
care hof the money, for your sake,
said Mr.. Brent. feelingly.
"We1i andle Il Christian-lIke.' add
ed Mr.. Hodges. but you'd better make
a will Hit II ease your mind lot"
Who'll write the WHIP" inquired
Mr.. Brent
BILLY" retorted the resourceful Mr..
Hodges; "'e II write II.
The cabin boy was bundled out OF
his bunk and with many suppressed
protests produced pen. ink and paper
from his bag.
Then Mr.. Hodges dictated Tom
Blodgett's viii.
July 5th. Hon the bark Semiramis,
bound from Capetown to Lunncn. If
teen days hout, wind sou'-sou'west,
fresh. HI, Thomas Blodgett, hof Heng-
land. ayin' made up my mind to die
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-29
AmaItInu peveIopments.

William +. King OF the Merchants
association tells a story of boy who
had faculty for losing one JOB and
astting another almost simultaneous
IL. Meeting him on the street one day
n friend said to him: We'll, Jack,
who are you with now?'
I'm with John Smith & Co"
rs this a permanent connection at
lsst9" asked the friend.
Il can't tell about that yet, replied
Jack I'm only there on memoran-
drm. YOU see."-New York Times.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-29

you ought to be hashamed Of your
self, 'aggling at death bed" said Mr..
Brent angrily.
Let him ave It," snapped Mr..
Hodges; go OH"
ITS TO be put in the will," insisted
Billy.
"'Ell die afore you get the will
made" muftered Mr.. Brent.
Hall right, now go on-'now IN the
savings bank at Shields. to my loving
friends Joe Brent and Richard 'Odges,
'alf and 'alf each. and two pun to Billy
for writin' being in sound mind.
That's all right Now. Tom, you sign
hit"
Mr.. Blodgett, supported by the two