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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-04-18

Marriage can hardly be lottery in
the case of these people.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-04-18

lam sure Piso'e Cure tor Consumption saved
my life three years aeo.-Mrs. THos. RoBnias'
Maple Street. Norwich, n Y, Feb. II, 1900
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-04-18

He who loses no love for others
loses all life for himself
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-04-18

American locomotives are used on
the Yafa-Jerusalem railway, although
It is owned by Frenchmen.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-04-18
Those Who Have Tried II

win use no other. Defiance Cold Water
Starch has no equal In Quantity or Quail
ity--16 or for 10 cents. Other brands con-
tain only - oz.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-04-18

Platitudes against sin are as harm,
ful as applause for sin.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-04-18

Haley's No. 3 Chill Tonic IS guar
anteed by every dealer. Sold every
where
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-04-18

Old Sofas. Backs OF Chairs. ETC.. can
be dyed with PUTNAM FADELESS
DYES.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-04-18

Strength Of Spiders and Lions.
In proportion to their size spiders
are seven times stronger than lions.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-04-15

Commenting on the Endorsement of Presi-
dent Roosevelt by the New York Republic
an convention, Chicago paper says: eff
the President had remained in the Navy
Department there is not the slightest rea-
son to suppose that he could have made
himself big national figure in the routine
of office" Possibly. The suggestion might
be amplified by saying that if Abraham
Lincoln had remained in his law office at
Springfield, H., he would never have be-
come a big figure in American history; if
u. S. Grant had continued in business at
Galena he never would have become Presi-
dent of the United States; if William Nc
Kinley had never entered the Union army
and made good record as a soldier he
might never have been elected to Congress
and subsequently President; if Grover
Cleveland had never been elected mayor of
Buffalo he might never have been elected
President, and so on. Perhaps If none of
them had been born they would never have
been heard of.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-04-15

During that war the navy lost only seven
teen men killed and had eighty-four wound
ed. a large proportion of whom afterwards
returned to duty 1t would have been
terrific battle in which the MISSOURI should
have had twenty-nine officers and men
killed and five wounded.
In the face OF such loss OF life it may
seem ungracious to critieise the conduct or
the officers of the Missouri but there is evil
IDENTIFY ground for it. The vessel was en-
gagged in target practice, and In their
anxiety to break the record for rapid firing
they neglected the usual and important pre-
cautions against the gun becaming heated
and causing premature explosion. Rapid
firing OF big guns is an important feature
in war. and should be learned by practice.
but not to the degree of recklessness or
taking unnecessary risks. The risks are
great enough without neglecting the usual
precautions against accident. 1t is probable
this accident will cause the issuing of or
ders on the subject.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-04-15
THE BArrLEsarP ACCIDENT.

The shocking accident on board the bat
tleship Missouri is the most destructive one
of the kind that has ever occurred in the
American navy. A Washington dispatch
characterizes it as the most serious since
the blowing up of the Maine in Havana
harbor in 1898. The cases are hardly to be
compared. as it has never been determined
whether the destruction OF the Maine was
due TO accident or To an outside attack by
enemies.
The most serious accident in the navy
prior to this one was due to the explosion of
a gun on board the ship-of-war Princeton
i'm 1916. The vessel, which was built at the
navy yard at Washington. was making a
trial trip down the Potomac. President
Tyler and all his Cabinet and many other
distinguished persons were on board. While
firing a salute in passing Mount Vernon
one of the guns burst. killing Secretary of
State Upsher Secretary of the Navy Gil
mer and one or two private citizens. That,
however. was before the days of smokeless
powder. twelve-inch guns and 5o0-pound
charges.
The accident on Wednesday killed twen-
ty-nine persons. officers and men. This is
nearly twice as many men as were killed
In the navy during the war with Spain.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-04-15
SINGING REBUKE TO BRYAN.

The Iroquois Club of Chicago adopted an
original and effective way OF rebuking Will
liam j. Bryan. His letter in reply to an in
vitation to attend a club banquet in honor
of Jefferson's birthday was in very bad
taste. and the club did right in rebuking
him for it.
1t is interesting to note the contrast be-
tween Mr.. Clevelands letter of deciination
and that of Mr.. Bryan. The former referred
to Jefferson as 1.-The great exemplar Of
Democracy" a "great leader" and said
his devotion to the interests of the people.
his wise conservatism and his constant adj
herence to the public good, always the
guiding star OF his career, commend his
acts and his beliefs to the careful study
of those who, in these days, periodically
seek the welfare of our country through the
ascendancy Of safe and sane Democracy"
That was at least appropriate to the oc-
casion.
Mr.. Bryan did not mention Jefferson's
name nor ailude to him in any way. He re-
ferred to the banquet as an annual banquet,
without mentioning that it was in celebra-
tOH Oh JeutTSOu Dfftuudy. he expressed
the hope that the speakers at the banquet
would take advantage of the occasion
to present to the country the Importance of
maintaining Democratic principles as they
were set forth in the platforms of 1896 and
1900" Then he went on to attack the Su-
preme Court and corporations, and closed
by expressing the hope that the speakers
would raise note of warning against the
attempt now being made by the money
magnates TO control the Democratic conven-
ton and to secure the nomination of a
Democratic candidate who will be obi
gated in advance to be true to the hopes of
the Democratic masses"
The club showed its disapproval of Mr..
Bryan's letter by not reading it along with
others at the banquet, but it gave him the
benefit of the publicity he so dearly loves
by giving ii out for publication. The treat
ment of his letter was singing rebuke
and was administered in a very dignihed
way The Nebraska statesman is finding
| his true level.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-04-15
An Impressive Rebuke.

Dr. Seward Webb was entertaining a large
shooting party at his estate in Vermont Sport
was excellent, and every evening after dinner
hunting stories were told in the smoking room.
Nearly all the stories true. but there was
one guest, a young man, who pulled the long bow
a little. He pulled it more than a little on one
occasion, and after he had concluded story
evidently impossible. DR.. Webb took him in
hand
In "a l shooting in the Rockies" said
DIR. Webb II after grizzlies. 1 traiIed a.
grizzly TO a high peak one day. 1 advanced
toward it along the edge of a precipice three
hundred feet high. Getting a good shot at last
/ let drive. but missed. The big bear came for
me then like lightning. took aim again. but as
/ was about to fire my foot slipped. 1 fell, and
my gun dropped from my hand and rolled over
the precipice. There lay unarmed and helpless,
and the maddened grizzly not six feet away"
Here DIR. Webb paused and lighted a cigar
cite.
The imaginative young man frowned impa-
tiently.
WELL he said. We'll? Go on What hap
pened?''
DR.. Webb, looking him calmly in the eye re-
piled:
1.-The grizzly devoured me."-New York Mail.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-04-15
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

The fuel used in the capital of Korea is brush
wood. In the streets there is constant pro-
cession of oxcarts laden with fagots of sticks.
Mrs. Maybrick's figure in wax. which has been
for many years in Madame Tussands exhibit
ton in London. has been withdrawn. Whitaker
wrights has taken its place.
Seats are higher priced at the Paris opera
house than in any other European capital, in
spite of the fact that the state gives the build
ing rent free and annual subvention Of
sls0. COO.
The Stockholm. court has pronounced the Arctic
explorer Andree to be dead in law. the legal
term of disappearance having just expired
Andree left Spitzbergen on July IL, 1897, with
two companions in a balloon with the object Of
reaching the north POLE
Senator Spooner. of Wisconsin says the best
speech of introduction he ever heard was de-
livered by a German mayor of a small town In
Wisconsin where Spooner had engaged speak
The mayor said Ladies and shentlemens.
asked haf been indrotoose you to the Hon.
orable Senator Spooner. who to you will make
a speech; yes. 1 have done So und he will
do So.
In Henry Wizards memoirs the reader is told
just how short stephen A. Douglas was Mr..
Willard says he was not more than four and a
credible to a generation that never saw the
little giant of the West. a man of but five
feet is very short; man OF four and half
feet. achieving the prominence and political
power Douglas did. is a wonder
young deeply impressed with the
great amount OF work accredited to DIR. Edward
Everett Hale asked the doctor one day how
he did it. ''Since you much interested .
said DIR. Hale, Il will tell you. provided you
keep it a secret" ~ PROMISE said the in
ouirer with an air of about to receive a
remarkable revelation wen, TO tell you the
truth" said the doctor. with wink. II don't
do it,"
project is on foot in Alexandria for restor-
ing the Sphinx the Great Pyramid OF
Ghizeh TO its original condition Thick layers
OF soil completely cover the head of the monu-
ment. while the lower parts are greatly OBJ
secured by accumulations Of sand. 1t Is pro
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-04-15

The original records of the convention
that made a State of Vermont have been
i'm possession of the national government
for century and a quarter and have for
many years been in the custody of the
librarian of Congress. Vermont wants
those records, and over the earnest protests
of Librarian Putnam and Assistant Libra
rian Spofford the committee on libraries of
the United States Senate has decided to
recommend that they be turned over to the
State. This is an unwise and unfortunate
ruling. In the Library of Congress are
stored many records and documents of al
most priceless value relating to the history
and development of the various States OF
the Union. 1t is, or at least, has been, q
part of the duty of the librarian to make
such records as complete possible. and
they form an important part of the treas
Ures of the institution. Where such papers
and documents have been in possession of
state governments many have been lost
and destroyed through the ignorance and
carelessness of the changing series of Off
Gals responsible for them. Indiana has
SullSItu uluCl III way III past, uHu
has only in recent years begun to give
proper attention to historical records. Many
States have not yet reached the point
where the need of such care is realized,
and in such instances. at least, it is much
better on the mere ground of safety, that
the papers should be in charge of the ma
tional government. But there is another
and more weighty reason for leaving the
documents in the custody of the librarian
of Congress. The history of a State is not
of interest and Importance to the people
of that State alone 1t is part Of the
general history of the country, and is like
ly to be needed by any one engaged in his
torical research If a precedent is estab-
lished by allowing Vermont to withdraw
its records from the Congressional Library
other States will demand equal privileges,
with the result that these treasures will
be scattered all over the country and be
| practically inaccessible to investigators. 1t
would be far better to complete the ar
chives by transferring many state papers
| from their present quarters to the national
| library. 1t is well for state historical So
| cieties to gather up and preserve local rec
ords, but the State has hardly an exciu-
general bearing.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-04-15

The latest disaster to the Russian navy
is even greater than first reports indicated.
Those reports came from st. Petersburg
and evidently tried TO minimize the disaster
and break the force of the news. 1t now
appears that the sinking of the Petropav-
lovsk involved the loss of nearly 500 men,
including two admirals with their stats,
a large number of officers and the entire
crew of the ship. In magnitude and COM
pleteness of destruction Il is unequaled by
any naval disaster of modern times.
Later dispatches also confirm the sus-
picon that the Russian account was I'M
true in stating that the ship was sunk By
accidental contact with a Russian mine,
the location of which was unknown. She
sunk by Japanese torpedoes in open
fight. The dispatches show that the Rus
sian squadron was lured out of the har-
Dor by a trick, and led into a trap where it
was cut off from escape and compelled to
fight against greatly superior force. The
Russians were outwitted and Admiral Max
aroff's rash bravery. contributed to the dis
aster
There is reason to believe that the fun
extent of the disaster to the Russian arms
is not yet known and that later dispatches
will show that the naval force at Port
Arthur has been almost annihilated. The
Russian forces at Port Arthur, both land
and naval. are in a state approaching panic
and it would not be surprising any hour to
hear that the place has been captured by
the Japanese. That would not end the war,
but il would be a terrible humiliation for
Russia and a great blow to Der prestige.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-04-15
1t Wasn't a scarecrow.

John ID. Rockefeller. jr.. was talking to his
Sunday school class about industry.
Our industry he said, with faint smile.
should not be of such a nature that the re-
mark once applied TO a certain Scot could ever
be applied to I'll tell you what the remark
1 allude TO was. Two old farmers were walking
down a road near Dunfermlne when one of
them pointed a distant field and said, shading
his eyes from the
% That figure over there-I wonder If it's a
scarecrow.
He stopped and regarded the figure very at
tentively for a space. Then he concluded. in a
satisfied tone:
Yes, it's not moving. II must be scare
crow
But the other farmer had sharper eyes and a
better understanding, maybe. Of certain types of
human nature
No. he said dryly; no, it's not scare
crow. It's working by the day. New
York Tribune
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-04-15

while you're discussing the pecuiarities OF
the English language remarked the publisher.
as at the Franklin Inn Club the other after
noon. he sat down 20 his after-iuncheon cigar.
has IL ever struck you that the word had can.
with perfect correctness occur three times
cessively in ordinary English sentenee7 Nor
Well. IL can. Only the other evening I came
instance IL was at the meeting of
a certain association l interested In. and
there the secretary. In reading the minutes.
said: The chairman OF the committee then
ported that the troubles which they had had had
now been overcome"
That's interesting" chimed in the literary
man. but it's nothing 10 the possibilities OF
recurrence correctly set out of the word
that You may cay that that that that that
speaker Indicated was not that that that that
mat gentleman intended. Philadelphia PresA
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-04-15

According TO authority the pronunciation of
the word automobile has got down to a
working basis. at least for the people who use
them. Those who do not are at liberty TO con-
tinue to call them any old way they like. but
the right thing is ''autoplob'l." with the accent
strong the third syllable. IL you pronounce
il any other way IL shows you are from the
country of such financial condition to pro-
hibit any real familiarity with the machine
though. to be sure. IL you have just returned
from London you may say auto car with as
surance of being all right. Another thing in
which the pronunciation has recently under
gone change Is appendicitis. At first the last
two syllables were pronounced ''eetis." but
when it became fashionable that everybody
had TO have II this changed To .eyetis. :"
Now. for some reason too occult to discover. II
Is back to ''eetis'' gain.-Philadephia Record.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-04-15

City Sanitarian Spencers suggestion that
the Mississippi river commission be urged
to assist in the Improvement and santa
ton Of White river Is an amusing illustra-
ton OF crooked thinking. That commits
sion has no more authority to assist i'm the
improvement of White river than it would
have TO sweep the streets or lay sidewalks
for the city of indianapolis. The sugges-
ton that the national government be asked
10 dredge White river on the alleged
ground that IL is navigable stream is
equally absurd. If these things are TO be
done at all the city or its people must do
them.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-04-15
The Gibson Man.

You've heard about the Gibson girl,
Consider now the Gibson man;
In socks he measures six feet eight,
Athletic and superbly straight:
He's fashioned on a godlike plan.
All, what brow and what a front,
His chin projects far into space;
His mighty muscles seem to rise
Right there before your very eyes;
What strength is in his beardless face.
Drawn with careless disregard
OF natures old unyielding law.
He dawdles in society
Content 20 pose when he should be
Subduing worlds with that square jaw.
-Chicaga Naus
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-04-15

The st. Louis Republic is disturbed in
fts editorial mind by the prospect that
President Roosevelt will be the Republican
nominee for President in the coming cleo
tton- IL feels moved TO say that 1T is
doubtful whether in the whole record of
American politics there can be found n
parallel instance of public uneasiness over
. probable nomination" This Is mistake
The Democratic oarty has been equally
concerned regarding the action OF the Re-
publican party for many years past. but
this docs not Indicate public uneasiness. -
IL indicates simply the effort of decadent
party TO ind some kind Of an issue. no
matter what. on which the public can b
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-04-15
In Hard Luck.

There is family in West Baltimore which
numbers among its members young woman
who loves to do the great lady the fam
lily retainers-to ask them: do you go to Sun
day school?' Would you like to have a nice
little Bible to be your 'oniiest own /" and other
things characteristic OF the youthful mind play
ing mothers" Among the retainers is num-
bered ancient male member of umbrellas
brown and rusty and redolent of tobacco and
beer
Among those who suffered in the great fire was
this ancient member. All his umbrellas were
burned, likewise his tools. while he, like some
patriarch of Rome, stood by and wrung his
hands to his substance go. Some weeks later
ne appeared at the house of the family afore-
said, with very much decreased bundle of tools
and umbrellas To the lady of quality he
told his story.
She shook the lace on her sleeve; she played
with her back hair. and she said:
"Oh, you poor man.
"oh,. veli," he sighed. I'D doan' madden. I ged
along somehow to sphring, und den get mar
ried.''
She nearly Observation-Disclosures Sun.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-04-15

II is a singular coincidence that three
naval disasters, two of them involving
great loss of life, to warships of three diff
ferent nations should have happened on
the same day in widely separated parts of
the world-the sinking of the Russian bat
tleship. the explosion on the Missouri and
the wrecking of a British torpedo boat of
the British coast
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-04-15

April Is should be a national holiday. II
Is triple anniversary in American his
tory. and each of the events that happened
on this day was big with Importance. On
April Is. 1s74. the Boston port bill started
the revolution On the same date in 1861
Lincoln issued his call for volunteers: and
on April Is, four years later, the great war
President died, the victim of an assassin.
Less important days than this have been
more widely recognized.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-04-15

How General Miles wastes his breath
when he takes Imperialism as his theme
when making a political speech. If ever
there was a dead issue it is Imperialism.
Very few persons ever did get excited over
It. and these few are now reduced to two
General Miles and Edward Atkinson
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-04-15

Colonel Watterson says: Hearst has no
more chance OF being nominated than he
has of being carried to heaven i'm a wicker
basket" The colonel could have been
the words 'in a wicker basket"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-04-15
Properly Designated.

81 don't understand it,
''What?''
why, he's got trouble with his throat
or his tongue and can hardly speak"
That's not unusual
mo; but he insists that he has writer's
cramp.
That's all right. He dictates his stories."
Chicago Post.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-04-15

Let US take back all the unkind things
We have said about Admiral Makaroff.
Though the American people are Japanese
sympathizers, il will become them now to
mourn awhile with Russia: for a terrible ac-
cident on one of our own warships has
dealt death among officers and men,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-04-15
All Correct.

An antiseptic baby lived antiseptc milk;
silk
In antiseptic carriages he rode. with time to
spare.
He had an antseptic nurse, breathed antiseptic
air,
And though upon this mundane sphere he did not
long abide
They placed him in an antseptic coffin when he
died.
Set
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-04-15

Fifty horses have been stolen In New
York city within ten days and horse own
ers there are much agitated They should
form themselves into a horse-thef de-
tective association such as We have in In
diana The merry West can give pointers
to the metropolis every now and then.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-04-15

Mrs. C. w Pulen, who has had typhoid fever
is recovering. Mrs. Longstretch. the nurse
promised Mrs. Pullen that she might have an
egg next Saturday after abstaining from all
solid food for many weeks. Mrs. Pullen spent a
good deal of time trying to decide how she
would have the egg cooked. and finally decided
to have it cooked in ham grease.-Atchison
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-04-15

When soldiers sailors are killed in bat
tie 1t is regretted. but the event is accepted
as one of the fortunes of war and the sor-
row is to an extent mitigated by this re-
hection- When they are killed by accident.
as on the Missouri. the needlessness of the
calamity intensifes its horror