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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-11-12
Executive.
Cruiser West Virginia o. X.

The armored cruiser West Virginia.
constructed by the Newport News Ship
building company. had her Official trial
"trip over the New England course and
showed the average speed OF %. IA
knots an hour. The contract require
ments were only twenty-five knots an
hour for four consecutive hours. Her
average speed was slightly under that
OF the recently tested Colorado. which
was built by the Cramps, although for
q short distance the West Virginia ex-
ceeded the best speed shown by the
Colorado.
Censumptivss Barred Out
The civil service commission has is
sued n rule debarring from employ
msnt In the government service per
sons AFFLICTED with consumption. The
rule applies particularly TO postoffices.
Hereafter all applicants for a govern
ment position OF any KIND must sub
NIT to n physical examination IL the
presence OF tuberculosis Is suspected.
The Per Capita Circulation
The amount OF money In circulation
IN the United States on Nov. 1 aggre-
gated Sass. 476.681. Based on the pop
ulation Of s., 300 600, this amounts to
q per capita circulation of $31.3s, the
highest yet reached At the same date
last year II was $3.50. and In 1900 II
was $27-S2-
Army Estims4ss Lower.
The war department estimates for
the fiscal year ending June 30. 1906.
aggregate 500. CSC. $50. or $22-2s2.612
less than the last years estimates OF
this amount the expense Of the army
and Military academy Is So. 1o5. 156. a
decrease Of nearly $5.000.00o.
Trsssy With France Signed
Secretary OF State Hay and the
French AMBASSADOR. NJ Jusserand.
signed Nov I. Mt Washington. a treaty
providing for the settlement by arbi-
tration Of any possible disputes between
the United States and France Out Of
deference 70 the senate the text OF the
treaty II not made public until that
body shall act upon IT, II Is known,
however. that the treaty Is similar to
tie recent An0soyrench arbitration
eouve1f1on-
Thanksgiving Day Preeisimsd-
President Roosevelt has issued the
customary proclamation Designating
Nov. - - . day OF festival and
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-11-12
Mikaeo's Birthday Wish.

At the birthday banquet Of the miisa
do OF Japan ut Tokyo. Nov. 3. ATTENDED
by the foreign diplomats. the japanese
ruler expressed a desire for peace. bu
said the time has not yet come for Its
realization.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-11-12
EXERCISES FOR HEALTH.
A little shaking Up Before Break
fast Is a Good Thing


fast Is a Good Thing
For almost every person under fifty.
and for a great many people over fifty,
exercise is tie nearest approach 10 a
panacea for bodily ills that has YET,
been devised. Causing the body to
move and stretch and push and pull
makes the blood circulate. the liver do
Its work and the nerves pick NJ their
dropped stitches. An excellent time to
exercise is before breakfast. Neither
man nor beast, as n rule. goes 10 sleep
hungry. During sleep there is little
waste of energy. On waking there is
no immediate demand for replenish-
ment OF lost tissues. Furthermore. the
long sleep has left the nerves and the
digestive apparatus dull and ieadened.
To sit down to a heavy breakfast with
in fifteen or twenty minutes after get
ting out OF bed means. that the stomach
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-11-12

ton William Il.
Harris, which has
Just b ee n made
public. This shows
a slight decrease in
percentage. The to-
tai cost of our pub
lie school system IS
SOL, 45I, 62o, an in
crease of $4,000
O00 over the previ-
Gus wear. Each pu-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-11-12

revolvers. Mid
daugh grabbed
n revolver and
fired several
shots. but was
himself shetland
Instantly killed
by the outlaws.
The shooting
aroused the
place. and the
robbers had to
run for their
lives. As they
mnfletOwardthe
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-11-12
EDUCATIONAL

Status of Our Public Schools.
Twenty per cent of this country's
population, or 1890. 361 pupils, attend
ed the public schools during the last
fiscal year. according to the report OF
United States Commissioner of Educa-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-11-12
Legal and Criminal
nAurdsrou. e.ndi.s a. Cody.

Murdsrous Bandits at Cody.
-Four armed men rode up to the First
National bank at Cody. Wyo- Nov. /.
and three Of them entered and demand
Cd cash from the vault. at the same
time covering Cashier MiddauSh with
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-11-12

pills tuition is S315. Since 1870 the pro-
portion OF men teachers has decreased
from 30 per cent of the entire number
to &c per cent last year. The average
compensation for men teachers last
year was Si9.9S and that for women
SiO51. BY the addition of pupils in ell
ementary schools. academies, institu-
tons for higher education, evening
schools. business schools. private kin
dergartens. Indian schools, state schools
and schools for detectives and orphans
the grand total of Is. .91S pupils il
reached.
Great Gymnasium For Women.
The important part of Columbia uni
versity's sesquicentennial celebration
was the laying of the cornerstones of
four new buildings and the dedication
of one new building. The completed
building is the 100000 gymnasium for
women. America is the first country
to have such building devoted exclu-
sively to the physical education of wO-
men. The object is twofold-first, to
provide for the education of teachers
OF physical culture. and, second, to pro-
vide suitable place for the physical
training of the students of the Teach
crs' college and the Horace Mann school.
The opportunities of the new gymna-
SUM are 10 be opened TO all women
who may desire them.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-11-22

II was severely sick with kidney
trouble. | tried all sorts of medi-
cines, none of which relieved me.
One day l saw an old ad of your
Electric Bitters and determined to
try that. After taking a few doses
I felt relieved, and soon there-af er
was entirely cured, and have not
seen a sick day since. Neighbors
of mine have been cured of rheu-
matism, neuralgia, liver and kidney
trouble and general debility" This
is what B. F. Bass, Of Fremont,
N. c. writes. Only soc at Brown
& Co, Druggist.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-11-22
Told To Move On

Georgia Parker, negress, wife
OF Bert Parker, was arrested yes
terday for vagrancy. She has been
very troublesome character in po-
lice circles and has more than once
been arrested on various charges.
Georgia was arraigned before Judge
Payne this morning. The Judge
read her a very severe lecture and
ended by ordering her to leave
town on the very first train and
never to return. In case she was
ever found here again he promised
to send her up for vagrancy with
out ceremony.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-11-22
Ministers Association

By agreement the ministers of
the city met in the parlor Of the
Citizens National Bank yesterday
and organized ministers as
sociation, with Rev. J B. Boen as
chairman and Rev. S. V. Fait as
secretary.
The object of the association is:
First mutual fellowship and broth
erly helpfulness. Second, the tran
saction of such business as may re-
quire the concerted action Of the
ministers and churches of the city.
The association will meet regu-
larly in the parlor of the Citizens
National Bank every Monday morn
ing at 10 o'clock.-S. V. FAIT,
Secretary.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-11-22
Amber Notes

Mrs. w. T. Cloud spent last
Saturday in Chickasha.
Mr.. J. G. Stack went to Chicka-
sha yesterday, returning today.
Mr.. Cloud was shaking hands
yesterday with friends in Chicka-
sha.
Miss Hulda Witt has gone to
Tuttle TO stay while with her
grandmother.
Mrs. Connor has been quite sick,
but is improving now.
Mrs. Cloud and Mrs. Williams
spent Sunday afternoon with Mrs.
Frank Henley. Mr.. Henley's car
of lumber was set out on the side
track yesterday. He says he will
have his new house completed now
by Christmas.
Mrs. Kirkendall is preparing a
Thanksgiving feast for her children
and friends.
Mr.. andMrs.A. B. Cochran with
little Margery and Helen drove oui
to Amber Saturday afternoon anC
spent a few social hours with Mr.
and Mrs. Cloud.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-11-22

"Chamberlain's Pain Balm is
considered the best liniment on the
market writes Post & Bliss, Of
Georgia, VT. No other liniment
will heal a cut or bruise SO prompt
ly, No other affords such quick
relief from rheumatic pains. No
other is so valuable for deep serted
pains like lame back and pains in
the chest. Give this liniment a
trial and you will never wish TO be
without it. Sold by Palace Drug
Store.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-11-22
K. P. Window

their meeting last night the
knights of Pythias decided to
place q memorial window in the
new Christian church. There will
be three very elegant windows in
the building. The Sunday school
furnishes one, the ladies another
and the K. P's. the third. The
Pythian window will be an ornament
to the church as well as an honor
to the order.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-11-22

The Womens' Home Missionary
Society of the Methodist church
has undertaken a commendable
work for the cause of charity in
the city. A book of favorite quo
tations is to be published. You
can have yovr favorite quotation
and name put in the book for ten
cents and secure a copy of the book
for twenty-five cents. Mrs. c. R.
Darlington, the press editor, has
charge Of the work and all volun-
teer contributors should send their
names aud quotations TO her. II
will be a neat book and will ls
issued about Christmas time.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-11-22

The stork visited the home of
DIR. and Mrs. r. w. Freeman Mon
day evening at 10 o'clock, bringing
an eight-pound girl. Mother and
child are doing well.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-11-22

S. G. Toler, of Wichita, is in the
city. Mr.. Toler is one of the man
ayers Of the opera house. What
he doesn't know about shows and
opera houses is scarcely worth
knowing. He is proprietor of the
magnificent Toler opera house in
Wichita. Mr.. Toler is giving per
sonal attention to the opera house
and will cooperate with the man
ayers here in making it first class
in every respect.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-11-22

Rufus Estes and wife are visiting
the parents of the former. Rufus
is running on the c. & A. out of
Slater. Mo.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-11-22

The Woodmen circle will hold
special meeting at A. O.U.W. hall
Wednesday afternoon. Business
of importance
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-11-22

Chickasha Green House for
cut flowers and floral pieces. Phone
4s. corner 9Th and Idaho. S2-s4
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-11-22

Brakeman Brooker who was in
jured in the Rock Island wreck
was able to be out today.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-11-22

All kinds of scavenger work done
on short notice. Leave your order
at Kemp's furniture store. If
I.B. Boatright.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-11-22

Mrs. J. w. Powell, of Princeton,
Mo-, is visiting Mr.. and Mrs. VIM.
Patton, on West Hill.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-11-22

Ed. F. Johns left this afternoon
for a visit with his family in
Hampstead, Texas.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-11-22

If you haven't one OF our light
ming fire kindlers you can get one
with your next order of coal
STEPHENsoM-BRowN LB'R. Co. If
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-11-22

Harbour and Powell have their
bowling alley in good order in their
new quarters. is located in the
basement of the building formerly
occupied.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-11-22

Deputy Burke left this morning
for Ardmore with Bert Parker and
Owen Fitzpatrick.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-11-22
LOCALS
Subscribe for the Express.

Subscribe for the EXPRESS.
Wanted:-Lady clerk at the
Midway. 1888
Paul Strahm of Chicago was in
the city yesterdao.
Ii stray stock trouble you, phone
the poundman. 362. If
All barber shops will be closed
all day Thanksgiving. S2-S5
F. M. Bailey was in Anadarko
on legal business yesterday.
John Knight went to Oklalaho-
ma City yesterday afternoon.
The curtain at the opera house
will go up tonight at SIS sharp.
A. H. Jackman, grain inspector
of Oklahoma, was in towu today
L. S. Fields has returned from a
buying trip to the St.Louis market.
w. N. Mcpherson of Comanche
was in town on business last night.
Wanted:-A colored woman for
washing. At once. 4o8 Colo. Ave. If
Mr.. and Mrs J. D. Buie left this
~. vIrovid,. 4.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-11-22

Miss. Nora Anderson left yester-
day for an extended visit at the
Worlds S Fair and Chicago. Mr..
Myrtle Rosenquest accompanied
her and will remain in Chicago.
Mr.. Booth went as far as St. Louis
with her.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-11-22

J. W. Speake left this afternoon
for Ardmore, Oklahoma City and
other points.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-11-22

Mrs. w. w. Braffett, of Prince
ton, Mo, is visiting in the city.
She is an old time friend Of Mr..
and Mrs. w. F. Gran.ee and is the
guest of VIM. Patton and family.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-11-22

Mr.. and Mrs J. D. Buie left this
afternoon for a visit to the World 5
Fair.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-06-30
slclIlenne Promenade Costume.

All Of the sheer and lightweight
fabrics are highly favored of fashion
and none more so than the sicillennes
with their silky surface and dust-re.
polling qualities. A safe-au-lait tint
in sicilienne has much shirring and
depends upon fancy gold braids for
decoration. The blouse coat has a
chasuble yoke defined with braids
the shoulder being extended down
over the arm, and shirrings appear
on each side of the chasuble to af
ford the fullness which is pleated into
the deep featherboned girdle. The
skirt is shirred around the hips, and a
shirred flounce is applied beneath a
band of fancy gold braid. The shir-
ring is executed with the oscillating
stitch Of the sewing machine with all
the effect Of hand work. A velveteen
binding of the same tint matching the
sicilienne finishes the hem.
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Pretty Ponaee coIoring.

The shantung and pongee silks have
appeared In champagne, ciel blue, re-
seda, green, pale pink and othe deli
cate or unusual shades, and are being
made up into effective shirtwaist cos
tunes.
One of the delicate grayish blue
pongees rejoices in the name Of Par
sifal A bright blue is called Madonna
and rather bright yellow is termed
Yeddo.
The rough, unevenly woven pongee
is the genuine. eastern product, and is
the most fashionable, as 1t is also the
most lasting. These silks come as
wide as thirty-eight inches, and, while
more expensive than the other varie-
ties, are really cheaper, as they wear
forever and clean and wash beauti-
fully.
There are any number Of pongees,
and of course the dark colors- cardi-
nal, navy blue-are shown and used
In quantities.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-06-30

AOp1ll6HNf A7NAt W DoA
Laurie went for the hundredth time
and looked at the spare room" She
knew every smallest detail of its ar
rangement by heart; the gay rag car
pet, the blue-and-white spread, the
open-worked pillow shams. Were
they not part and parcel Of the spare
room, always In order and ready for
the chance conner? But she herself
had gathered the honeysuckle blooms
and the wild grasses for the tall vase
in the window, and she herself had
arranged the few little books on the
stand with the white cloth. Was 1t
chance that the pretty copy Of Tenny-
son was the topmost one Of the little
heap and that 1t lay shyly open at
the poem about the king who wooed
a beggar maid?
When she had looked wlstfully at
everything once more, then again she
read the letter-for he had written
the letter to her, and not to her faith
Ter and mother, as might have been
expected. Her cheeks famed as she
read again:
II will be there Thursday and am
going to have great surprise for
you this time. This will be the
fourth summer | have spent at the
farm, and 1t will be like going home
again. have watched yor grow up,
little Laurie, and have thought about
you great deal more, am sure,
than you have thought about stupid,
stiff, selfish old fellow like me-"
Thursday. He was to be here
Thursday, and this was the time.
She had begun arranging the room
for him four days ago, and every day
swept and garnished 1t afresh and
gone to the woods for more flowers.
Even now she went to the window
and twisted the tendrils Of honey
suckle so that the flowers would
show better, and resolved to go to
the woods after prettier ones, after
all, and then was in a panic lest he
Should come while she was gone. If
only she might have made this room
look as she had dreamed 1t, over and
over again.
She stood, seeing 1t through a gold
en- haze. Filmy laces loated at the
window, caught and drifted here and
there by the breeze; and soft car
pets were on the floor, and tall mir.
rors stood between the windows, and
everything was so beautiful that the
golden-banded bumblebee on the
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tall. pale from work, but smiling with

tall. pale from work, but smiling with
frank delight.
"Ah, here she Isl" he cried, catch.
ing her brown, rough little hand and
drawing her closer. Didn't | tell
you, Laurie, that l had a surprise for
you this time! Well, here she is.
This is my wife, Mrs. Olga Fairlie,
II you please-and we are both going
to spend a whole, long summer with
you"
The beautiful woman with the blue
eyes and the golden rings Of hair
took the hand he put into hers, and
looked at the small, frightened face.
Clearly, this country was not so
healthful, after all. A look at this
girl, with her white cheeks and start
led eyes, suggested the thought that
they might have belonged to some
wild thing out of the woods.
Mr.. Morrell came staggering in
with a trunk, shouting cordially.
well, If this amt surprised" Mrs
Morrell peeped in from the kitchen.
smiling and nodding.
81 can't shake hands," she said;
"but you've gone and got married,
have We? Well, I'll bet Laurie's glad
to hear that. The lady'll be so much
comp'ny for her. Just go to your
room-you know where 1t is"
Mrs. Farlie pulled off her gloves
and looked around the room a little
disdainfully.
"You have talked so much about
your little woodland nymph that l
suppose l expected too much" she
said. "She's rather a commonplace
little country girl, it seems to me-
no powers of conversation-no ex-
pression-and not the smallest spark
Of imagination"
Mr.. Fairlie did not try to answer.
He stood still, looking absently at the
heap of books on the table.
Here are her books" he said, fin
gerlng them one by one. See
Longfellow, Whittier-Mrs. Browning
Il gave her Tennyson, too, think.
wonder what she has done with
that?"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-06-30
"WelI, here she Isl"

eyes. But once In the garden she
found the row Of hollyhocks against
the further fence, and walked beside
them, touching their petals tenderly.
"He likes hollyhocks," she said to
herself. THAT'S why | planted 'em
again this year. He says they made
him think of his grandmother's gar
den. II would be nice to have whole
garden planted with hollyhocks and
marigolds and pinks, just for him."
And then, all in a moment, she
had planted just such a garden, and
It had grown to its full glory; and
the figure coming down one OF the
pink.bordered walks was not his
grandmother, but was Laurie herself,
clad In the short-walsted old brocade,
like that pretty picture Of his grand
mother when she was so fair and
young, and was the belle Of the
whole country round.
LAUREL called her mother.
"Aln't you ever coming with that
wood?"
The wood was carried In, and
Laurie was at once placed In charge
of the churn, and began splashing
the dasher up and down YEARLY.
We'll, declared" exclaimed her
mother. with quite justihable vexa.
ton. "You amt payin a bit OF at
tentlon to what you're doin'. Look
how you've splashed up this floor
An your cheeks is that red, body'd
think ye had fever. Jest as like as
not you're frettln' because ven have
more work to do now that he's
comm, but the moneys somethin'. l
reckinl People can't always consult
children, like you. when they want
to take In boarders. Listenl Amt
that the stage commit You'll have
to go out an meet i'm. for I've got
my hands In the dough"
But before she had finished speak.
ing Laurie was on like a fash, and
was hidden away in the dining room.
drawn back into a corner-holding
her heart down to keep It from burst
ing. There was a rattle Of wheels
and a cheerful "Hellol" at the gate,
and then the sound OF dragging
trunks down from the roof Of the
stage. and her fathers voice In loud
and cheerful greeting. He was down
now-he was paying the driver-he
was coming along the walk. and up
the steps. and into the house. He
would be there in another moment
She could hide no longer. She must
creep out Of her corner and meet
him.
He came along the bright hallway.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-06-30
Return TO olden STYLES.

Early summer styles indicate a re-
turn to the charming old fantasies of
our great grandmothers, brought to
up-to-date requirements by the mod
ern loom,
These are lowered organizes, old
time grenadines in plaids or besprin-
killed. with sprigs Of flowers, veilings of
every variety, mounting in the scale
from simple voiles to crepe voiles and
wolfe chiffons.
Colors can only be described as In
describable. Every possible graduation
of shade and light is extracted from
a primary color. In fact, the new
school is wonderful school in color
training. One no longer hears Of brill
liant orange as a touch of color. 1t
is the fashion to deal in tawny yellow,
dregs of champagne, banana tints and
almond leaf green's.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-06-30
To Clean White Velvet.

1t is almost impossible to clean
white velvet in a perfectly satisfac-
tory manner. However, it may be
greatly freshened by an application of
chloroform. First brush and beat the
velvet free of all dust. Pin the velvet
smoothly on an ironing board, or it
may be stretched in an embroidery
hoop, and have plenty of clean white
cloths at hand. Dip a cloth in chloro-
form, rub lightly over the spot until
It disappears, then, with clean cloth,
rub over the entire surface of the vel
vet to remove all soil on the nap. Do
the work very rapidly and finish by
rubbing with another clean white
cloth. Haste is absolutely essential
because of the volatile nature of the
cleaning fluid and also to avoid a
stain.