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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-31
TO FOIL CHECK RAISER.
Now Scheme for Preventing Any Alter
ations in Checig

ations In Chectb
More than 20,COO,O 900 900 of checks
are used annually in the UQited States,
and Of this amount something like 49,
600 are raised, the loss falling on the
drawer for the drawer of a check is
chargeable with the amount paid on it,
provided his signature is genuine, no
matter for what amount he has pre-
viously filed it in. Many devices have
been planned for foiling the check
raiser, but the security check is the
most perfect protection the ingenuity
Of man has yet unfolded. The check
has been briefly described g follows:
gOn the left of the check is printed The
safeguarding schedule. The words di-
recting the payment Of money are
qualified by the following printed into
the body Of the paper: Provided
amount does not exceed that expressed
in words and figures at end OF sched-
ule. After the drawer has written in
the amount of money to be paid he ad-
justs small paper cutter to that line
of the upper half of the scheduls
which bounds the maximum amount To-
be paid in dollars. tens, hundreds or
thousands, and tears off the check
down as far as the small ring in the
center of the schedule. Then he re-
wolves his ruler, adjusting it to thai
line of the lower half Of the schedule
which bounds the number Of dollars,
tens OF dollars. hundreds or thousands,
to be paid, and then completes tearing
the check from the stub along that
line. This leaves in the hands of the
drawer the check absolutely safe
guarded from alteration, for the left
hand margin expresses in words and
figures the amount not exceeding
which it has been drawn"
The device is used by scores Of banks
and by hundreds of prominent firms,
although it has been before the public
but a short time 1t is used not only
on checks but also notes, receipts,
drafts bills of lading, and other pa
pers, and is suited fos use Of money
orders and tickets.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-31

The preliminary register for 1896
showed that there was then only one
potwalloper in all England. On see
ing the term for the FIRST time one
might easily imagine that a potwal-
loper was species Of ichthyosaurus
or some other reptile Of past age. It
win be discovered upon inquiry. how
ever. that the term ''potwailoper" Is
literally one who boils a pot. and was
applied TO voters in certain boroughs
Of England where before the passage
Of the reform bin Of 1892 the qualifca-
ton for suffrage was to have boiled
(wailopedl his own pot in the parish
lor sis months.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-31

IDENTIFY a favorite nesting place OF
theirs. for in the branches there are
the ruins of nests evidently two or
three years old.
Close to the catbird's tangle and ly-
ing on the ground IN a poor apology
fer a nest were found a recently
hatched mourning dove and a white
egg from which the little bird had
net yet picked its way. This nest was
close to the stalks Of some close grow
ing bushes and would never have been
discovered If the old mother bird had
not gotten UP and flown away in a
terrible fright when the nestseeker was
four or FIVE feet away.
With the instinct Of most Of the
ground building kind the old bird went
on with an apparently broken wing
and did her best to decoy danger away
from her helpless little ones. It Is a
wonder how these little doves escape
tae prowling cats which hunt in the
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-31
Rnssln.s white CITY.

For three months in the winter
Archangel, now to become the groat
western port OF Russia, scarcely sees
the sun, and for three months in the
summer seldom loses sight of it. Yet
there is no city in the whole of Europe
which lies for so many months-for
the greater 1T of the year, in fact
under a mahde of snow; and because
OF this the Russian fondly calls it "the
White City"
White, too, it is in other ways All
the chief buildings glare with white
paint and blink with white blinds. The
churches-and in Russian city they
are but few-are also of pure white;
only the cupolas are green, ard the
crosses on their SUBMITS gold. And
white are the private houses of the
better sort-except where Norwegians
and Germans live, for bun and blue
and red then streak and diaper the
pine walls and edge the gable ends
But street-posts gates pillars. walls,
fences-these are all white. And in the
summer, for every official you see in
a blue or gray tunic, you see ten in
white caps and white uniforms. Bright
color alone is left to the women and
children pink blouses, green skirts,
scarlet petticoats, orange aprons, and
blue karchiefs are common enough;
while a group of children will always
look like a cluster Of old English flow
ers. But otherwise, in summer as in
winter. this old city of Archangel,
now destined to be the capital of a
new Russia in the near west, Is a
White City. indeed
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-31

the nest completely. day or two
later something-boy or beast-had
discovered the deserted nest and stolen
all four Of the eggs.
If the yellow warbler builds another
nest and succeeds in raising its brood
where the cowbirds cannot find it the
first catastrophe may be all for the
best Even when only cne cowbird's
egg is laid in a nest and Is hatched
out with three or four young warblers
the latter are likely to get far the worst
of it. The young cowbird from the
moment it breaks the shell is bigger
and greedier than its foster brothers
and sisters. 1t will crowd them to the
side and insists on eating much more
than its share of the food which the
yellow warblers bring for their
young.
Across the barbed wire and rail
fence from the warbler's nest is a big
woods pasture. Close to the fence
grow thick clumps Of hazel brush
and wild crab and plum trees. In
some places the thicket is 50 dense
that man has hard work in forcing
his way through It. High up in these
tangles, six or eight feet from the
ground two pairs of catbirds have
built their nests, They are apparently
safe from all but other bird enemies
for the long, sharp thorns and the in
terlacing branches protect them from
attack from the ground. This is evil
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-31

In Zurich a very novel watch has
just been made Il forms the cup o.
heart OF a jewelled flower, which is
intended to be worn as an ornament.
The flower itself can be opened or
closed by touching tiny spring. and
when it is closed the little watch Is
not visible. When a lady wearing such
an ornament desires to know the time
all SIZE has to do is to touch the spring.
whereupon the flower opens and tn
watch is revealed The little watch
is fastened to the dress by an ordinary
safety pin The artist who designed
this timepiece sold IT for $500 few
days after he finished it. and now the
beautiful jewel IS attracting so much
attention that there Is little doubt
many similar watches win be fashioned
in the near future.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-31
EsrptIan E.oIps far ne,torIar Ha'T-

Egyptian Recipe FOR Re'torlnr War.
The care OF .he hair. so far as we
know. begins with Egypt. We are to d
that during the reign Of Teti Tor Teta).
which was sometime between 1000 b.
c. and 5000 B. c.. hair restorer was
invented for the mother OF the King
hanetho credits Teti with work on
anatomy. so he may have been the an
th~r Of the tonic. From a copy Of the
original which IS supposed to be the
oldest medical recipe. the following
translation is made. 4 remedy for re-
storing the hair It was made for
shisha. the mother 81 our majesty. the
King OF Upper and Lower Egypt. Teti.
who has a true voice. The paw Of a
dog. the seed Of the date and the hoof
OF an ass. Cook very thoroughly in a
pot with oil and annoint IT,
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-31

ThefeS are at present about 1000
miles Of sea dikes in the Netherlands.
The total length Of dikes Is difficult to
estimate. and even II it could be esti-
mated would mean but little, for It
must be remembered that the dikes
have for the most part in the course
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-31

ten two cowbird eggs are found in the
same nest. but rarely if ever have
four been found.
The greed of the cowbird in thus
completely occupying the warbleT's
nest brought its own punishment with
it, The warbler, disgusted. abandoned
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-31

Hoke Smith. who was Secretary OF
the Interior In the cabinet Of President
Cleveland. is now serving his second
term as member OF the Atlanta school
board
A white pine tree twenty years old
ought to be about 25 feet high and at.
30 or 40 years Of age it ought to meas
ure about so feet.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-31

Of time been destroyed and rebuilt re-
peatedly. 1t has not been so much a
question Of building them as it has
been Of maintaining them and keeping
them where they were. Besides pro-
teciing the country from the snvasions
Of both fresh and salt waters, the dikes
have served to reclaim no less than
10000 acres. nearly az Of which are
good. fertile land. National Geograph-
&c Magazine.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-31

The following allegation in a bill for
divorce against a wife was held by the
Supreme court at Washington not to
state any legal ground for divorce:
"she was quarrelsome. vicious in dis
position, murderous in threats against
the plaintiff and his parents. hysterical
and ungovernable in temper, crazy in
her actions. and by her causeless and
unprovoked boisterousness. screaming.
hallooing. and other wild conduct, by
day and night. an intolerable nuisance
to all her neighbors."
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-31

IN North America under Captain John
Smith-the church in which Pocahon-
tas was baptized and married-has ell
disappeared, except a picturesque ivy
clad tower Of brick. surrounded by a
grove Of trees
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-31

The Oldest Protestant church in the
United States is st. Luke's. at smith
field. Va, writes William F. Curtis in
the Chicago Record-Herald. St. Luke's
was erected in 1882, and was restored
in 1894 as nearly as possible to its or
iginal condition and appearance. II is
a beautiful old structure Of early Eng
glish gothic. with mullioned windows
and stately tower, and has been used
for public worship almost continuous
" for two centuries and q half The
original church erected on jamestown
island BY the frst English colonists
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-31

The Hayes g.-up Of copper mines.
near Albernison, the west coast Of
Vancouver island. has been sold for
s6o0,0oO
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-31

The man who has never written a
foolish love letter has not yet taken all
the degrees.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-31
IN THE BIRDS FLAT BUILDING.

intentions may have been perfectly
honorable, but why should the redwing
be reused to such a sudden pitcl of
fury at the sight Of him asks writer
in the Chicago Tribune.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-04-15
NUMBER ONE.

G. w. Mitchell, tax assessor, hai
begun his round making assess
ments.
Road Commissioner ]. f. Swig
CART, has made his appointments
and most of the overseers have re-
ceived Their commissions.
A. l.. Giffin, who was the popular
constable of this district two terms,
is now candidate for assessor to
succeed Mr.. Mitchell, the present
incumbent. We believe that Mr..
Giffin would make an able officer
and would be pleased to see him
elected.
The people of Shady Grove school
district were called by j. B. Wood
fin, direcor. to meet at the school
building Wednesday of last week,
to repair same, which was consider
ably damaged by the recent wind
storm. They report the work COM
pleted.
We have enjoyed reading John
Barleycorn's last story very much
and regard his last effort the very
best of his good letters. We believe
he should name all of his stories
and would suggest that he name
the present story, Thrilling Adj
ventures of John Barleycorn in the
Principal Forests of the Great
Southwest. /"
Sundaymorning ShadyGrove Sun
day school elected officers for the
COMING year as follows: S. L. Sher-
rill, superintendent; ]. S. Clogs,
assistant superintendent; Miss Lot
tie Gordon, secretary; Miss Prather
Hamilton, assistant secretary; o.
+. Weaks, choir leader; S. N.
Matthews, assistant choir leader;
Ethel Clogs, organist; Willie Box,
assistant organist. Teachers same
as last year. RANGER.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-04-15

ceive the information contained in
these numerous reports coming from
nearly every business man or company
in our city, and with but few excep-
tions, making it clear and conclusive
that business in the main has greatly
increased and methods and dealings in
the same have grown better all the
while since saloons were closed one
year ago.
This Union unanimously tenders its
sincere thanks, by their President, to
every one of you for your own vOlun-
tary statement. We believe you to be
Of the best men in this world and
know that you mean just what You
wrote opposite your names. We thank
you more deeply, that not word in
your reports indicate that business
did grow worse duling the past twelve
months.
As President of the W G. II. u, of
this city, | will make statement for
il. | cannot report better yields in a
financial point Of view, but ! am pre-
pared to report that morals are far
better--less profanity, less vulgarity,
less lying, less stealing, less cheating,
less gambling, better behavior on the
streets, in fact, SO good that ladies
have no fear of drunk men and go any
day shopping or trading. Further, l
believe that all the intoxicants used,
and all the evils resulting from their
use would not equal that of the poor
est saloon ever run in Union City. |
don't intend this for any man that Or
ders intoXicants for his personal use;
but to all those who have whisky sent
to their address here aud sell, or allow
more.
We have borne with the boot logger
and blind-tiger long enough We in
tend, by the help of God, to see to it
that the Adams law, with the help of
every good citizen in this city, will, in
the future, be enforced to the letter.
MRS. M. r. EDWARDS,
Pres. w. G.. T. u.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-04-15
RIGHT HERE IN UNION CITY.
C. '. Jones Guarantees to Refund Money II
Hyomei Fails to Cure the Worst
Case of catarrb

1t is no uncommon thing to see a
medicine advertised as a guaranteed
cure" But investigation usually
shows that the guarantee is made by
some unknown firm, hundreds OF miles
away.
The guarantee, though, that comes
with Hyomei, is entirely different. 1t
is made by G. V. Jones, one of the most
reliable drug firms in this section. He
advertises that if Hyomei does not
cure the worst case of catarrh, he will
return the money without any ques-
tion or argument. No business house
in Union City has better reputation
for square dealing than G. v. Jones,
and when he guarantees that he will
refund the money if Hyomei fails to
cure catarrh, no one has any question
as to the agreement being lived up to,
both in the spirit and letter.
Hyomei Is very easy and pleasant to
use. just breathe it through the lit
tie inhaler that comes with every out
fit; every breath will bring recovery SO
much the nearer. 1t kills all the
germs of catarrhal troubles in the air
passages of the head. throat and lungs
soothes and heals the irritated mu-
cous membrane, and is the only ma
tural cure for catarrh.
The complete outfit costs but one
dollar, and extra bottles of Hyomei
can be obtained for fifty cents. DO
not let slight catarrhal trouble de-
yelop into one that may be serious and
chronic. Use Hyomei at once, remem-
bering that you run no risk whatever
when you try Hyomei on G. v. Jones'
offer Of ''no cure, no pay"
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-04-15

lake in better spirits-but not the
kind you can bottle up, Now we
are nearing the mouth of the lake
where we imagined our troubles
would soon be over, but when we
arrived it was so dark and the lake
looked so wide and none of us
knowing where the shallow or deep
water was, we thought we would
halo and someone would hear us
and come, but no answer came. We
finally decided to wade it and they
elected me foreman on account of
my long legs. got stick eight
or ten feet long to sound the bottom
with, and with lantern in one hand
and stick in the other, we waded
into the lake, which looked to be at
least 100 yards wide. Every fellow
followed, one right behind the 9th
er, close together. We we're soon
in water waist deep, and something
near the center when | felt what i
supposed to be log al stepped
over, telling the others to do like
wise. The next fellow stepped over
and the next one, being shorter,
stepped on top, and as he did so it
flounced, knocking every fellow
down, putting out lantern and our
chunks of fire and making waves
like steamboat. The log proved
to be an alligator, and it came to
the surface few yards below us
and beloved the most vicious bel
low that had ever greeted our ears.
We could hear the ripping of the
water between it's bellows and real
lied it was coming back to satisfy
its curiosity. We all grabbed hold
of each other, each one straining
his eyes to see the bank and to find
how far we had to GO, and as we
resumed our march we soon got into
water up under our arms, aud fear
ing we we're getting into the river
we halted to hold a consultation
and could hear the ripping waves
as the alligator approached us, but
could mot see anything.
no be continued.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-04-15
RnLLnrd,s Horthound Syrpp.

Immediately relieves hoarse, croupy
cough, oppressed, rattling, rasping and
difficult breathing. Henry G. Stearns,
druggist, Shullsburg, Wis, writes,
May 20, 1901: 81 have been selling
Billiards. Horehound Syrup for two
years. and have never had prepara-
tion that has given better satisfaction.
| notice that when ! sell bottle they
come back for more. ! can honestly
recommend it, csc, soc, 81. Martin
Allen Drug Co., Mailing corner.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-04-15
A Roster Of confaderates.
Roll of Co. X. in Fifth Tennessee
regiment, organized in Paris, 1861:

Roll of Co. X. in Fifth Tennessee
regiment, organized in Paris, 1861:
II w Ballard, captain; Lietenants,
George G Street, LIST; w K Harris, End;
r. A Brlsendine, Bird. Sergeants--J u
Howard, 1st: Elijah Mcclure, End; d
p Mcclure, 3rd; K II Rennolds, 4th; j
w Pillow, 9Th. Corporals-- p Kenner-
ly, lst; w Duff, 2nd; J NJ b Elliott,
Bird; j S Rennolds, 4th. Privates-J
NJ Arm, Fl Adams, J Adams, NJ Alex
ander, j j Atchison, r r Atchison, T
j Brisendine, l. Bustle, G Bruce, A d
Beckwith, DIR G K Bradley, w II
Browning,J w Burnley, E r Bumpass,
u Cherry, c w Cherry, J NJ Coffman,
w B Cook. J p Cox, A V Duncan, A
II Digger, J p Dunlap, II M Dunlap,
Il J Dunaway, w r Ditiline, e J Dub
lin, S r Drown, J E Dunning, Dick,
r Dickson, A Edwards, w s Forrest,
j Fuller, ID G Fuller, j Fields, r. II
FOy, w ID Jordan. w ID Hendricks, S
M Y Haggard, j Haggard, G II Hooks,
X Harris, X Hope, Up Kesterson, II
G Kyle, J T Kyle. J G L Kennerly, II
A w Lauri, T j Morris, w A McEr-
win, T Middleton, r w Murrell, H M
Murrell, j L Murrell, j p Murrell, A
W Mooney, M B Mooney, A Mem ullin,
+ NJ Mcclure, B + Newton, r ii New
port, r w OVERLY, G b Provine. J f
Parker, A Pillow, H L Perry, r w
Rathburn, r G Rogers, j e Rogers, G
w Robertson, S T Ridgeway, f M
Sinsel L L Steele, w H Story, II NJ
Tyler, z Scott, Taylor, H NJ Tibbs,
w Vest, G Virgins, T Wheeler, f
E Willis, ID G Willis, c P Walker, j w
Waller, M l. Wilson, J G Wilson, s ID |
Wilson, ] A Wilson, B Young.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-04-15
JOHN BARLEYCORN.

While huddled together, every
fellow scratching vet matches
against wet garments, the. cook re-
membered having some matches
stuck under the lining of his hat,
and by being careful we soon had
our lantern reIit. AS we retraced
our steps, we were continually har-
assed by the bear and panther.
Coming upon a dry hollow snag
with hole AT the bottom, we de-
cided to FIRE it and give the var
minis scare and once more get
warmed up. In a few minutes the
old snag was roaring and the blaze
running out at the top eight or ten
feet high, giving light TO the sur
rounding vicinity for hundreds of
yards and making happy, cheerful
hunters out OF what was, few
utes previous, almost a set of
beless victims of wild beasts. AS
huddled closely around the Told
imp, warming, we realized the
ar aud panther were gone for a
ason at least, and talked of our
d experiences. But John had
aough of it and was not having
UGH to say, and was cold out IA
e rain without any breeches, socks
shelter and our mind was made
1--WE ever got back to the
reeches we would stay
+ old snag by this time
to pieces and nearly
n, and having no axe,
still pouring down,
now bed of Goals,
III lantern and each
chunk of fire, we
eak for Lake Long
went undisturbed
probably one or
while keeping
another hollow
INKS being near
enly we came
in the South as
Ugh was about
implying into
no water ex-
ches ia some
rain. For the
who do not
lch" slough Is,
"a ~ billy OF soft mud
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-04-15

There is more Catarrh in this section OF the
country than all other diseases put together.
and until the last few years was supposed 10 be
nounced IT. local disease and prescribed local
remedies, and by constantly failing to cure
with local treatment, pronounced II incurable.
tional disease and therefore requires constitu-
uonal ~treatment Halls Catarrh Cure, manu-
featured +. j Cheney & Co. Toledo, Ohio, Is
the only constitutional cure on the market. IL
lie taken internally In doses from 10 drops TO d
teaspoonful. IL acts directly or the blood and
mucous surfaces Of the system. They offer one
hundred dollars for any case itfails to cure.
Send for circulars and testimonials
Address II. j. CHENEY Il Co. Toledo. o.
Sold by Druggists, 7sc
Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-04-15

Everything good to eat at all
times at Dahnke's.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-04-15

no be continued.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-04-15


Anot be crossed by anything
stands up, and when you get
TO 1T you cannot get out but get
eeper at each effort. From the di-
rection it lead off we were convinced
it connected with Lake Santannia
and would have to be crossed, and
the dago plan was to lie fat down
and slide like an alligator, but we
lAfraid to- for fear an alligator
Int in the middle We
er hollow tree and
as light as day.
to slide over and
BE other side while
stood guard We
They
started
noticed
soon
and then
the lantern
trapped our
and here we
nearly over our
1t over in due
raping of mud
- had ~ We
Rugged close
SIS Fe could not keep
ain pouring down,
best to push on to-
Long landing, knowing
bre than halt way, and
d and chunks of FIRE we
Dn down the bank of the