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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-01
The Lost keN.


For nifty years he turned the key,
And always paused TO say.
Il wonder who will wind the clock
Nhen : am gone away2'
II was habit second grown,
When he would reach the shelf,
To say Il out alOud-more times
TO whisper 60 himself
Through All the years when babies played
Upon the Kitchen floor
The good man used TO wind the clock
And question as before.
Threw all the years when babies grew
To man and woman state.
The good man wound the old clock Up
Precisely ten 20 eight
II was his habit in the days
OF peace and joy and bliss:
An, he was never known 70 slip
moment e'er remiss.
For fifty years IN storm and peace,
He'd wind the clock and say
Sometimes beneath his breath so low
when / am gone away?"
There was a heaven IN his eyes
I never knew until
lie ceased 10 wind the old clock up.
And, like Il. was 80 still.
Horace Seymour Keller In New York
Herald.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-01

Who would not be a barnyard hen,
To scratch and peck and scratch again.
To lay a calm egg now and then?
To cackle when the deed is done,
To welter in the dust and sun.
/ think would be no end Of fun.
To have a comb and yet no hair
Seems careless, trite and debonair.
And yet l think twere good 10 wear
A vigorous penetrating nose,
And widely radiating toes.
And from-one' 's-skin-p projecting clothes.
Who would not be a barnyard hen.
To scratch and peck and scratch again
For families of eight or ten?
Arthur Cotton in Harper's Magazine.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-01
Tire Flour Merchant.

The one who personates the -four
merchant will try every way TO dis
pose OF his stock OF -four, by asking
question after question Of the others
who must, in their answers, be care
ful not TO use these words: Flour. l.
yes OF no; as they are forbidden, and
the one who is caught using them will
have to pay forfeit
The -four merchant must persevere
In his endeavors to make the players
use one Of the interdicted words.
Tor instance
DO you wish any -four today"
There is none required"
But you win soon want it; let me
persuade you to take some"
That is impossible"
why so? It is the very best Of
-four; just look at it; it is so very fne
and white"
The quality is a matter Of indif
ference to me-"
But it will make such good. sweet
bread Do take some"
You have had my answer"
Have l? ! must have forgotten it.
What was it?"
My answer was, decidedly not
any"
But, madame, consider; it is a
very reasonable price"
Il viii not take any"
The -four merchant having succeed
ed in making her say Il. proceeds to
the next cne.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-01
Bats in the Sun.

1t used to be thought that the bat
was active only by night and sleeps
pretty we'll all winter No doubt the
animal loves darkness and is more
at home in it, but If the weather be
warm enough it will venture into day
light even in the cold months of the
year. Toward evening. when the light
is beginning to fall, it is common
enough to see them flying about in
summer. They can hardly be mis-
taken for birds for their fight is
neither so graceful nor 50 rapid.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-01

Gen. Gordon" says a veteran. I'm
a recent article said: The apple tree
incident at Appomattox is a romance.
The only connection between the sur
render and the apple tree IS the fact
that Gen Lee and Gen. Grant met
there for a few moments and agreed
upon a place for formal meeting. Gen.
Gordon is misquoted or is mistaken.
The famous apple tree was across the
Appomattox from the courthouse and
inside OF Lees lines The Confeder-
ate sl,irmish line was parallel to the
Apnomattox and between the court
house and the stream, and that skir.
mish line was maintained until the
Confederate commands moved out en-
route for their homes after the sur
render
Now. the truth is. Grant was not
within the Confederate lines at Ap-
pomaitox. He came through the Union
skirmish and battle lines from our
rear, and at no time was he beyond
the Mclean house. which was be-
tween the lines OF battle. although our
line after the surrender was advanced
beyond It. The apple tree was on
April 9, 1865, not where Grant and
Ice could meet.
"As Lee rode forward to meet
Grant, however. he stopped at the
roadside to await the return of his
staif officer, sent through the lines to
Sheridan. and to avoid the confusion
on the road led his horse up the bank
inside an orchard and sat down a
few minutes under the famous apple
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-01

ened finger around its rim. This point
being settled. the performer should
hold the glass in front Of his mouth
and shout into it in tone about an
octave higher than that of the glass
The result viii be that the glass
viii break Immediately, and for the
reason that ii will not have strength
enough TO resist the force exerted
against ii by the waves Of air.
The thinner the glass is the more
easily will it be broken. A common
beer glass. however, is the one which
is generally used.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-01
G4MZ]EZk2E
TILES

tree. There Col. Marshall, his chief
of staff. returning with Col Babcock.
found him. Receiving their report. he
mounted his horse and rode forward
with them 10 the Mclean house. This
IS the true story of the apple tree"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-01

hole, the size of slate pencil. On
one half of the strip the right, on the
other half of the left side is filed
down to knife-like edge (see illustra-
tion). Cut a round stick of wood
about the length and thickness of a
penholder. and insert it from below
into the hole of the flyer. The illus
tration to the right shows how the
stick of wood is brought to a whirling
motion. causing the flyer to fly high
into the air.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-01

This game is never old. and for
rainy days there is nothing like it.
There are so many topics which can
be jingled into funny rhymes. il the
rhymers have ingenuity.
The fun consists in the head person
starting the first line. The person
next must give the rhyming line
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-01

J. +. Bruce Of Billerica. Mass. has
just received from a missionary who
is principal Of an academy in Ku-
ching. China. eight historic old coins
The oldest of the coins bears the date
Of 22l 2. c. while the others range
between 7s9 4. D. and 1870 A. D.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-01

The annual reunion Of the survivors
Of the Sixty-second regiment. New
York Volunteers (Anderson zouaves)
was held on Aug. q. the anniversary
of the departure Of the regiment for
the seat OF war G. R. Hendricks is
the secretary Of the association.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-01

before a given number of seconds
have passed. Usually one minute is
the allotted time. Then, if he is not
ready, any one in the company may
call it out and change places.
In this way a number of clever
rhymes may be forthcoming. and the
game may be kept up till the ingenu-
ity Of the players is exhausted.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-01

Every one knows that windows will
rattle when a loud noise is made in
room, but very few persons know
that a glass can be broken by shout
ing into II.
ANY ordinary glass which has a
clear tone will do for this trick, and
the exact nature Of it's tone can read
ily be ascertained by passing a moist
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-01
To Decorate Candles.

Candles can be decorated by rolling
pictures tightly round them and warm
ing the backs of the pictures by pass
ing the flame of match or another
candle over them. To get the best
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-01

A very simple flying machine can
be made from a piece of cigar box
wood. Cut a ruler-like strip of wood,
and bore exactly in its center a small
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-01
Manic Rinos.

Either large beads or rings may be
used in this trick. which is of classic
origin. as it was performed long ago
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-01

But for lace and lingerie woman
would have little temptation TO be
vain-and man little temptation
Smart Set
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-01

Answer to Plot Problem.
This is the way in which the plot
of land should have been divided in
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-01

order to let each person get to
his own property without trespassing
on that Of others. The problem was
given last week. How many of you
solved it?
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1904-09-01
0KLOHAMA APPLES LARGEST
Oklahoma Representative Received
Sign From Arkansas Exhibit.

st. Louis, Aug. 29.-Oklahoma
wrested from Arkansas the honor of
having the largest apple in the pal
ace of horticulture at the worlds
fair
For some time an Arkansas apple
has been rather conspicuous sign,
which read: "The biggest Apple in
the building" This sign now occupies
an even more prominent position in
the Oklahoma section of the horticul-
tuFal hall.
The Oklahoma commission received
five crates of apples of the Wolf river
variety. Of these apples one weighed
twenty-five ounces and measured six
teen inches in circumference.
With great gusto the Oklahoma rep.
resentative proceeded at once with the
product of the soil of that territory to
the Arkansas exhibit, and displayed it
to those in charge. They acknowledge
ed that they were beaten on the apple
proposition and turned over the sign
ed off with it.
to the Oklahoman, who proudly walk
Arkansas claims that its defeat is
but temporary, and that once more
the coveted sign will be in its section
of the exhibit.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1904-09-01
10 Hope OF Taking Port Arthur BY The
japanese.
WILL sTARvE THEM OUT NOW.
1t Costs Too Many Lives to Keep up
the Attack on Port Arthur-Japan
csc are preparing to Fight General
kuropatkin.

Paris, Aug. 29.-The Toxic cores
pendent of the Matin declares that the
Japanese minister of war has con-
fidentially informed his colleagues
that there is no hope of taking Port
Arthur by direct assault and that
long operations will be necessary.
Therefore the minister has ordered
Field Marshal Oyama to avoid attacks
entailing heavy losses. This, the cor
respondent says, has been concealed
from the pubic.
Kantzertun,( seven miles southeast
of Lao Yang. Contrary to the expec-
tation of the Russians, the Japanese
are beginning to advance along the
whole lines of the Russian western
front. On the morning of August "a
there was rifle skirmish and the
next day the Japanese artillery open
ed fire.
The Japanese pushed their attack
against the Russian right flank and
center. Three officers and several men
were wounded early in the day, but
the battery held its position and re-
piled to the Japanese fire with such
marked effect that General Markanoff
sent congratulatory message to it's
commander. 1t is not possible yet to
state definitely the result of the bat
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1904-09-01
CLEVER snarrowa.

A gentleman, who, from a casual
inspection had no other visible means
of support than the bench he sat on
in Franklin square, was seen feeding
the sparrows the other day with lit
tie pieces of bread. The fat and
greedy birds came promptly and ate
voraciously while the feast lasted, and
still hung around when it was over.
Then. the host fished in pocket of his
scant clothing and pulled out a hand
full of powder composed of about
equal parts of tobacco dust and bread
crumbs. When he threw this down
it was Immediately surrounded by the
winged gluttons, but they did not at
once eat. They eyed the stuff with
little sidewise turns of their heads,
and when they saw that nothing better
was forthcoming all but two flew
away without as much as a peck at
it. The two that remained, however,
began finally to fan the powder with
their wings, and in this way effected
a separation of a few crumbs, which
they ate-Philadelphia Record.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1904-09-01
The Vacant Lot.

Caleb Strong was cross old bache-
Tor who lived in a house that had the
benefit of the light and air that came
over an adjoining vacant corner lot,
which he, in his extreme selfishness,
desired might remain vacant.
1t was with extreme regret that he
learned that a man from an adjoin-
ing city had come to town to look at
the vacant lot, with view of buying
it and building house on it.
Mr.. Strong at once made the ac-
quaintance of seven noisy children
who lived in the neighborhood. Then
he kept a sharp lookout for the
stranger. When he saw him coming
up the street he hurriedly invited the
seven children to play in his front
yard and told them to play as much
as they pleased.
They at once took him at his word.
and rushed into some games that ap-
parently required the full strength of
their voices.
The stranger approached, looked at
the vacant lot, then at the children,
and then at the house he supposed
they lived in. He turned on his heel,
walked away, and never appeared in
the neighborhood again.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1904-09-01
GREAT FIGHT GIVEN UP

tie but it is said the Russians were
successful
Lao Yang.-According to the best
| information obtainable the Japanese
are prepared for desperate attack on
Lao Yang, In which, the Chinese say,
they are confident of success. Siege
guns have been sent from Yin Kow to
Tatchekiao intended for use against
Kuropatkin's position.
st. Petersburg-The advices of the
war office from the front are very mea-
ger. In fact, they are confined to
report dated August "a, giving an &C
count of an advence of the Japanese
column of 10000 men along the main
road towards Lao Yang, which be-
gan at daybreak, August "a. The Jap
anese drove in the Russian outpOsts
and when the column reached a point
couple of miles west of Liandiansian
the Japanese attempted to install bat
teries, but they met with such hot
fire that they only succeeded in plac-
ing one battery, which was soon COM
PEELED to change its position. At the
moment of sending the dispatch the
Japanese had suspended operations.
The war office was much elated
at the receipt of dispatch from Lieu
tenant General Stoessel, dated from
Port Arthur, August %, reporting that
the Japanese had at last been exhaust
ed by their attacks and that the bonn
bardment had been suspended. Full
details regarding the dispatch are not
available, but it probably refers to the
Che Foo dispatch announcing the re-
losses in their attacks upon Fort No.
1 and Fort Eteeshan.
ST. Pete ,sburg.-No decision has
been reached, so far as known here, by
the French authorities regarding the
duration of the stay of the Russian
cruiser Diana at Saigon, French In
do-China. 1t is understood that her
injuries are not serious and if France
demands her disarmament she will put
to sea and possibly return to Euro
pean waters.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1904-09-01
Wanted His Finqers "cottonized."

81 want me finger cottonized," said
a dirty faced urchin in the receiving
ward of Hahnemann hospital.
whats the matter with it?" asked
the young doctor, scrutinizing a small
red spot on the otherwise grimy fin
ger.
"It's bit. want it cottonized," said
the boy.
"Cauterized, eh?" said the doctor.
Eyes, that's it," said the youngster.
What bit it?" asked the doctor.
"a crab," said the boy.
The doctor laughed. 81 guess we
won't have to cauterize that" he said.
81 can assure you that there is no
danger from the bite of a crab" The
boy looked disappointed. Then, after
a moments silence, he was seized
with a sudden inspiration.
Say, doc" he exclaimed, suppose
it was a devil crab?" The suggestion
was convincing, and the doctor good
naturally applied the acid.-Philadel-
phia Record.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1904-09-01

Every housekeeper should know
that if they will buy Defiance Cold
Water Starch for laundry use they
will save not only time, because 1t
never sticks to the iron, but because
each package contains 16 Ozone full
pound-while all other Cold Water
Starches are put up in A-pound pack
ages, and the price is the same, 10
cents. Then again because Defiance
Starch is free from all Injurious chem
dcals. If your grocer tries to sell you a
1907. package it is because he has
a stock on hand which he wishes to
dispose of before he puts in Defiance.
He knows that Defiance Starch has
printed on every package in large let
tiers and figures "16 ozs." Demand
Defiance and save much time and
money and the annoyance of the iron
sticking. Defiance never sticks.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1904-09-01
DoDGED THE RUSSIANG.
Vessel From Yokohama Arrived SAFE
tu via Cmez Canal

Vessel From Yokohama Arrived Safe
Iy via Suez Canal.
New York, Aug. 24.-The steamer
Satsuma of the Barber line, arrived
from Yokohama by way of Suez ca
nal. She sailed from Yokohama on
May 5.
Owing to the watch being kept on
the Mediterranean by Russian vessels
the Barber lines has decided that I'M
til the close of the war the route of
their ships hereafter shall be around
Cape Horn. When the Satsuma start
ed for Yokohama the Chinese crew
burned incense and cast paper slips
on the water bearing prayers to the
sea gods for safe voyage. A SER
vice of thanksgiving was held when
the vessel arrived off Sandy Hook, and
in addition to the incense burning
prayers were offered to the little
wooden idols which were brought out
on deck
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1904-09-01
ONE FOR THE GUM cHEWER.
Writer Denies 1t Is Altogether a Per-
nicious Habit

Writer Denies 1t Is Altogether a Per-
nicious Habit.
THE chewing of gum is generally
regarded by the parents of children
who are addicted to it as a pernicious
habit, said the dentist "And yet, in
certain cases. have no hesitancy in
saying that it is a most excellent
thing. In fact, on more than one &C.
casion have l advised the parents Of
children whose jaws were not suffici-
emily developed to make them chew
gum. The constant exercise has ten
dency to widen an otherwise narrow
jaw and thus make room for teeth
that show evidence of crowding each
other out of shape. The constant
chewing of gum for two hours every
day is sufficient exercise to bring
about a most desirable result in the
dwarfed formation of a child's jaw.
Even when no such treatment is nee
essary 1 see no reason why the chill
dren should be forbidden to chew gum.
1t can do no harm and may possibly
do good in keeping the teeth white
and clean" philadelphia Record.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1904-09-01
A Duel That Never Came Off.

Senator ]. C. S. Blackburn is never
at loss for word, and is ready to
talk at a minutes notice. His friends
like to joke him about his garrulity,
and recently a colleague told this
story at a dinner at which Senator
Blackburn was to give a toast. I'm
his younger days my colleague, Mr..
Blackburn was very chivalrous. Ask
ed by a friend to be a second in a
duel, Mr.. Blackburn readily consented,
At sunrise the parties met at the ap-
pointed place. 1t was Mr.. Blackburn's
duty to say the last words about the
terms of the duel. And, gentlemen
continued the speaker, do you know
that duel never took placer"
A murmur of why not?" went
around the table.
For very simple reason" con-
tinued the speaker. When Joe fin
ished speaking it was too dark for a
duel"
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1904-09-01
Of Interest to Builders.

The Murine Eye Remedy Co.. Chicago, send Home
Eye Book free. Write them about your eyes
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1904-09-01
SET CRABS TO CATCH CRABS.
shrewd Jersey Fishermen Made Big
Catch by New Method.

Catch by New Method.
They were sitting in the general
store in the seashore resort of Avalon
telling the usual Jersey fish stories.
1t was Ezra Crosses turn, and he spun
the following yarn:
Some springs ago the crabs was
scarce on account of the hard win
ter. Every summer l made a business
OF shipping crabs to the city, but the
spring 1 speak of it seemed as though
the crabs had all died. You know
that the ice kills the crabs and those
what's left alive always keep in deeL
water the following summer. Well, /
tried my best to get some crabs.
went along the bank of the creek with
net; 1 fished with large chunks OF
meat, and l tramped around to all the
salt ponds on the meadows. But ii
wasn't any use. Finally l thought I'd
try new scheme. So got couple
OF large crabs and tied a long wire
about their shells. Then 1 took them
10 where the creek runs into the sound
An anchored each crab in the water
After that 1 sunk several large pieces
Of meat.
Next day." continued Crosse. 81
went to my decoys and caught 300
crabs. philadelphia Press.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1904-09-01
GonnIes for Chickens.

Among the recent inventions which
poultry fanciers find interesting at the
worlds fair is a pair of goggles to be
from picking out the eys of one an
other Pugnaciously-inclined birds on
a farm can do a great deal of harm
to the otbsrs, and, as a protection
against damage being sustained to
the eyes, it is proposed to equip the
members of the fiocks with goggles.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1904-09-01
Field Ready With Answer.

On one of Eugene Fields visits to
London he was dining one evening
with company most OF whom were
strangers to him. The lady on his
right was stout, somewhat more than
middle-aged, and little inclined to be
thoughtful of others. When it was
casually remarked that Field was from
Chicago, she turned to him, put her
glasses to her eyes, and remarked:
ooh, indeed! And how do people
live in Chicago?"
WELL" replied Field, when they
caught me 1 was living in tree
New York Times.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1904-09-01
Exportation of Prunes.

The expectation of prunes from the
United States has grown very rapidly
in recent years, the total number of
pounds exported in 1898, the first year
in which a record was made by the
bureau of statistics, being, in round
terms, 100000 pounds; in 1902, 49,
100000; in 1903, 66,OOO,0O0 and in 1904
it will amount to about 100000
pounds, valued at about $3,500,0 600.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1904-09-01
Berlin Funeral Pile.

prominent Berlin gentleman, from
whom she was separated, committed
suicide, she left instructions in her
will that everything she possessed
should be burned on a funeral pile.
The police carried out these orders
the letter, burning no fewer than
eleven chests filled with dresses, some
packages of linen, ten boxes contain
ing hats, three dozen wells, and hun
dreds of love letters.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1904-09-01

D. SORlON. ONooS'
not believe | could have raised ten
pounds of weight from the ground, the
pain was so severe. This was my con-
dition when began using Doan's Kid
ney Pills. They quickly relieved me
and now l am never troubled as |
was. My back Is strong and | can
walk or ride long distance and feel
Just as strong as | did twenty-five
years ago. | think so much of Doans
Kidney Pills that | have given a sup
ply of the remedy to some Of my
neighbors and they have also found
good results. If you can sift anything
from this rambling note that will be
of any service to you, or to any one
suffering from kidney trouble. you are
at liberty to do so.''
A TRIAL FREE-Address Foster
Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. For sale
by all dealers; price. so cts.