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The Holly chieftain., 1904-01-15

Peruna.
A short time ago, by request, Uncle
Isaac came 10 Waco. and sat for his pic
ture. In his hand he held a stick cut
from the grave of General Andrew Jack
son, which has been carried by him ever
since. Mr.. Brock Is a dignified Old gen
tleman. showing few signs Of decrepi-
tude. His family Bible is still preserved,
and it shows that the date of his birth
was written lis years ago.
Surely n few words from this remark
BILE old gentleman, who has had lis years
of experience to draw from. would be
interesting as well as profitable. A
lengthy biographical sketch is given of
this remarkable old man in the Waco
Times Herald. December l. 1898. A still
more pretentious biography of this, the
Oldest living man. illustrated with II
double column portrait, was given tie
readers of the Dallas Morning News,
dated December II, 1895 and also the
Chicago Times Herald of same date.
The Holly chieftain., 1904-01-15

Mrs. Windows Soothing Syrup.
Tor children teethng softens the gums, reduces tn
iammaticn aays patp cures wind colc. 25c bottle.
The Holly chieftain., 1904-01-15


I Born before the United States WIS
( 0rmed. !
5 Saw ~ Presidents elected.
Z Pe.r1.na has protected him from
) all sudden changes.
! Veteran of four wars.
{ Sh0d q horse when 90 years old. I
I Always conquered the grip with 1
( Pc. ru.na. J
5 Witness In q land suit at the age I
I Of no years. )
s Believes Pe-rn-na the greatest I
I remedy of the sze for catarrhal
{ diseases.
YSAAC BROCK, a citizen of McLennan
county, Texas, has lived for l15 years.
For many years he resided at Rosque
Falls, eighteen miles west of Waco, but
now lives with his son-in-iaw at Valley
Mills, Texas.
The Holly chieftain., 1904-01-15

When You Buy Starch
buy Defiance and get the best, l6 OF. for 10
cents. Once used, always used.
The Holly chieftain., 1904-01-15

Foster-Milburn Co. Buffalo. n. Y.
For sale by all druggists, price 80
cents per box.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-27
Ruffed Grouse Are Tame

have this day Witnessed a sight
which has caused me more surprise
and interest than anything connected
with our grandest game bird ever did
before. / have seen four birds. two
cocks and two hens. which were
hatched in captivity ten weeks ago
yesterday, just as healthy, just as
happy and just as contented as domes-
tic fowl. These birds do not seem to
possess the fear Of man.
l stood close beside the wire netting
and watched one wallowing n the
dirt, and though I was within three
feet Of him he betrayed not the slight
est fear. And to further illustrate
their confidence IN their worst known
enemy, the gentleman who raised them
opened the door OF their house, and.
STOPPING down, with some blueberries
in his hand. softly whistled. and, be-
hold, the birds came and fed from his
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-27

Behold. this dreamer cometh."
They stripped me bare and left me by
the way
To pine forsaken in a lonely land:
They gave. me to night-frosts and burn
ing day.
To griefs none understand.
They took my silver from me and my
The changing sDlendors OF my rich ar
Nights silver rain Of dew escaped their
hold,
And the fine gold Of day
on the worlds highway in vain pomp
they tread;
BY paths unknown / stray and hidden
streams.
They took ali else and left me there for
They could not take my dreams
stin morning comes with marvel as Of
old;
sim II soft rose descends the even
stn IN the castle Of my heart. grown
bold.
The sweet swift thoughts abide.
Pass by; pass BY. 0 elamorOus folk anu
To this last fortress OF the soul /
cling;
Men gave me winter weather from a
child,
But God has given me spring.
Robin Flower In Spectator.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-27

An extraordinary craft has just
been built BY NJ. yogt. the Danish de-
signer, in an attempt to produce an ex-
act model of Noah's Ark.
To assist him in his task NJ vogt
had special translations made by dis
tinguished Hebrewists Of passages out
os the Hebrew scriptures relating to
the ark and got ideas, too. from a
representation of Noah's craft on
coin dated 300 B. c., which is the prop
erty OF a museum in Copenhagen.
Owing to the methods employed In
its construction, doubt was expressed
from the first as to whether M. Vogt's
craft would float at all, let alone prove
seaworthy in a blow" Popular In
credulity and ridicule, however dis
turbed the builder not at all. and now
he has good cause for satisfaction for
his crafts trial the other day proved
a complete success. Carrying as pas
sengers its designer, naval engineers
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-27

Oriental people are very averse 70
physical exercise Of any kind. Their
idea OF enjoyment is to sit under an
awning and play backgammon. That
man should go out and run around
track in shameless nakedness, and
this with no hope Of gain. only con-
firms them in the belief that ali Amer
leans are mad. But they are initiative
people, and some years ago the infiu-
ence and example of the younger
teachers got a few Of the preparatory
boys out for foot races. That day,
sor Beirut, at least, the deathblow was
struck to the picturesque dress Of the
)rient. You can't run a 100-yard dasn
with long, baggy drawers and a silk
gumbez that fops around your ankles.
Even if you ''gird up the loins,' BY
tucking your skirts into the sash, the
effect is more startling than speedy.
30, one by one. the students ordered
trousers from the city tailors. At first
lhey we're poorly cut end viewed with
shspicion; but to-day there are not
three men in the collegiate depart
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-27
Built Like Noah's Ark

and a large party Of newspaper men.
the ark not only showed itself perfect
" seaworthy, but moved lightly and
quickly through the water. In fact, ex.
perts have declared that. In spite Of
her rudimentary design. the strange
vessel is the steadiest craft ever seen
on the high seas
AS nearly as Mr.. yogt is able to
judge. his vessel is one-tenth the size
Of the original Eoah's Ark and Is o.
about 200 tons burden. Entering by
one OF the side ports. one finds a sur
prising amount Of cabin space a-=pite
the low sloping sides. AS the craft
rides high In the water. plenty Of light
comes through the large port holes IN
the sides. which can be left open for
ventilation when the sea is smooth.
or course the ark Is simply built
and very plainly furnished inside. to
correspond with the one to which the
survivors OF the first food disaster are
believed to have intrusted themselves.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-27

The pretty little school teacher
burst into the room, her cheeks
aname, and flung herself down on the
couch, burying her head among the
cushions. "Oh, girls. girls, I've done
the most awful thing, she moaned, to
the amazement Of the other young
women who had gathered together for
their daily informal cup Of tea. When
she had regained composure she ex-
planned:
"You know DR.. Clark. who shows
such an interest in his little boys
progress in sschooly Well, he comes in
so often that feel as II | know him
quite well. I've often wondered why
Mrs. Clark did not visit the school, but
| came to the conclusion that she was
one Of the women who was willing to
leave the matter Of her sons educa-
rion to her husband.
Il pass his home every night on my
way up here, and to-day, just before /
reached there, felt my petticoat clip
ping off. 1t was sliding so fast that !
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-27

The man with the piece Of chalk
was busily putting down figures which
he laboriously read from the Afiimsias'
handed him by the messenger boy.
The crowd was cheering or groan-
ing, according to the color OF the re
turns and the temper of the composite
human units.
After the messenger had handed in
the iimsies he started to go away.
First he turned to the door at his
left, but bulky man filed it.
Then he lodged to the right and
attempted to duck under the support
of the huge blackboard
But the man with the chalk was too
quick
With pale face and startled eyes he
leaped at the urchin and seized him
by the arm.
AS he was led from back Of the
blackboard the boy writhed in pain
and said:
"Watchy doin', mister? amt done
nothin'."
Don nothin', indeed!" cried the
man. trembling with wrath. Wasn't
you trying to go behind the returns p
And the reckless and crestfallen lad
did well to escape with his life.-Bal-
timore American.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-27
capes Very Generally Worn.

The voluminous sleeves In the
gowns have led US gently but surely
to the cape as the most desirable
form OF evening wrap. Most OF the
wraps are still In a state OF evolution
though, and have still more or less the
semblance of a sleeve This may be
of the sling sleeve" variety. resem-
bling nothing so much as the bandage
for an injured arm: or they may be
what appears as a deep cape in the
back, shaped into sleeve in the front.
A charming evening wrap-this on
the purely cape order-was in a faint.
smoke-gray. the garment perfectly
plain. but the right side front very
long and so shaped and draped as to
permit Of the end being thrown grace
fully over the left shoulder in quite
a swashbuckling fashion, and there X
was held in place by four hand
wrought silver buttons.
Stsll another form of coat, and this
one OF the best Paris models Of the
year, is built very much on the lines
Of vestment and apparently slips on
over the head like the chasubles they
initiate, till one discovers that the
slides are left cpen, or rather without
seam, being simply fastened beneath
the arms with buttons and loops Of
the silk. Heavy gold embroideries on
the neck and sleeves further empha-
size the vestment idea.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-27
Cashmere for little Folks.


Cashmeres, so enthusiastically ac,
cepted by their elders, are being gen,
erously used for the little folks. These,
while soft and graceful and rich in
coloring, lack some of the serviceable
qualities of the fiannels Then there
are wool delaines" quantity fowered,
and a new, very smooth and hard.
twisted serge, and albatross and mo.
hair, and very light weight worsteds;
and for occasions, silks of dainty col,
orings bepowdered with tiny flowers.
With all these and more to choose
from, surely there is no need of Little
Miladi being inartistically or uncom.
fortably clad
The blouse" suits, the waists Of
which blouse" but slightly but are
comfortably full, and the skirts shirred
or plated full into the band. are all
round favorites for the miss Of 6 to
10. These may or may not be Of the
guimpe order or its modification, the
'suspender" dress, with its broad
shoulder straps worn over dainty
white waist
The sailor suit still has its follow
ing, as has its first cousin, the Peter
Thompson. And then there are little
plain blouse suits that have wide
sailor collars and cuffs Of white pique
and a jaunty silk tie, tied in a sailors
knot.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-27
Double Wells Worn.

Double wells are still wcrn Of chif-
fon. one shade lighter than the
other, artistically drawn about the
fiat-shaped hats. The hemstitched
wells of chiffon are among the most
popular styles. They are simple and
plain. but they are refined, delicate
and universally becoming.
The tab effects on stocks are rapidly
giving way to finish Of a plain bow
OF fourIn-hand. Tabs are not SO
fashionable as formerly no doubt be-
cause Of the monstrosities thrust on a
long-suffering public during the tab
craze.
Wide ribbon streamers are shown
on some Of the very extreme models
in winter hats, and for the right wom-
an are fascinating and becoming.
Bands and ruchings of fancy and
plain ribbons are high in favor for trim
ming evening gowns, and, indeed, any
pretty house gown Of soft, light ma
terials. They are generally Of taffeta
or messaline, and often two and some
times three widths OF the same ribbon
are used.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-27
in the E a 5 t

ment who wear the old costume, and
many Of the students dress with taste
and an elegance that theLf professors
cannot AFFORD to emulate.
Tennis and basketball soon won their
place in the students favor, and now
we have gymnastic apparatus and a
regularly graduated athletic director,
who has learned physical culture and
boy nature through long experience
in the gymnasiums Of America. But II
was football that did the most toward
unification. The value Of team work
is a new idea to eastern college men,
The old ideal was that of "eyery man
for himself" II has been so since the
time Of Alcibiades and Absalom. II 1t
had not been so the history Of the
world might have been different Il
was comparatively easy 10 see the Joy
Of winning foot race or tennis
match. but to play an untheatrical part
in a football game, obeying a captain
and working for the good OF the side
that was a very diiferent--World
To-day
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-27

hand. They betrayed not the slight
est timidity At which I marveled
much. AS ! understood It. the eggs
were hatched under a motherly ban
tam hen, and twelve eggs we're Sc
lected, six each from two separate
nests. A very cold storm was respon-
sible for the death OF two or three,
and cats for one or two Others, but
there we're four beautiful. vigorous
birds left, and they give every prom
ise OF maturing The gentleman who
has accomplished all this is Dr. Hodge
Of the Clarke university faculty. and
he Is the most enthusiastic. sanguine
individual regarding the feat It vas
ever my good fortune to meet. In the
fall he win transfer them TO more
commoalous quarters. and / shall be
glad 10 apprise you Of their condition
then They are nearly or quite two
thirds Forest and Stream.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-27
She Ran Into Troubl e

knew ii would be down around my
feet before | had gone another block.
So decided on a bold move. ]
marched up to hts door and rang the
bell, meaning to ask for Mrs Clark.
explain my predicamcnt to her and
get some pins to fix my petticoat But
DR.. Clark himself came to the door.
and, grinning like a Cheshire cat !
said
How do you do? came to cali
on your wife
"His smile changed to stony stare.
Madame. he said, mA -ife has been
in her grave three years
Il just tumbled down those steps
and onto a car. and here ! am. ! don't
know yet whether I dropped my petit
coat on the way or still had sense
enough left to hang on to It. Apd 4
doesn't make any difference. What's
the loss Of a petticoat or two In COM
parison with making that MAJ think
am crazy or that | was SIMPLY try
ing 10 find out whether he was a Wild
over on. not ?''-New York Press.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-27

In the Victoria hotel cafe the other
night George Grossmith Jr.. told Of a
super who went to the manager OF a
successful play after 1t had been hav-
ig a long London run and demanded
a raise Of salary.
Sir" he said, Il have been playing
my part for one hundred consecutive
nights with the utmost zeal and care
Don't you think should have a raise {"
What part do you play?" asked the
manager.
4 am in the third act, sir" replied
the actor. apparently astonished at
the question. \ have to stake twenty
pounds in the gambling scene"
'Your claim is just" replied the
manager. Beginning tonight you
may stake forty pounds. New York
Press.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-27

Considerable money is being risked
in Trenton, N. j., on the question
whether or not Albert e. Herpin is a
sleepless wonder Herpin contends
that he has not slept a wink in ten
years and that throughout this ordeal
of wakefulness his health has remain
ed unimpaired. About half the popula-
tion of Trenton and its suburbs are
firm in the conviction that Herpin's
sleeplessness is a fake. The other
half, including a number Of physicians
who have studied Herpin's case, be-
lieve the wakeful Trentonian's story
and stand ready to back it with coin.
Herpin will give public test OF his
strange wakefulness for purse Of
$1,000 and will be closely watched for
thirty-one days.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-27

Stoles with long ends of course are
more elegant. and the ends are I'm.
ished with rows Of tails There is a
fur garment that has just appeared
which is very like a fichu, and there
are as well pelerines made of one, two
or three kinds of fur combined. MAJ
turally, sable is the most fashionable
fur OF the season. Ermine will be as
popular as 1t was last season. Both
the pure white ermine and the ermine
with the black tails tipped with yellow
viii be worn. An attractive little
pelerine Of white ermine has a yoke
Of white velvet embroidered in large
white silk daisies with yellow centers.
Both heads and tails are more in evi-
dence than they we're last season.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-27
LIE RIeATs oF SONG.
May London Student Sing With the
WlndoMn Onen7

May London Student Sing With the
Windows open7
To sing with the windows open or
shut was the burden OF a mo.
ton which came before Mr.. Justice
Warrington the other day.
An interim injunction was asked for
to restrain a gentleman who is train,
ing for tie operatic profession from
singing with his windows open, and to
restrain him from singing after II
o'clock at night
His counsel, in opposing the applica-
tion, said that the gentleman was a
most artistic person-in spite Of the
fact that the other side had declared
that our voice is more like the howl
ing of a dog than the voice Of a pro-
fes5lopel singer The gentleman lived
In a very small fat, and If he had to
sing with the window shut, It would
be like placing him in a box.
The other side, said counsel, had
been in the habit Of making retail.
atory noises by knocking on the floor.
Finally Mr.. Justice Warrington said
that he could not ask the gentleman
to sing with the window shut until the
trial Of the action, but he would &C.
cept an undertaking that the music Be
confined 70 axed hours.-London Mail.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-27
BIRD LIGHTED STREET LAMP.
Simple Solution Of Incident That
Puzzled Authorities.

Puzzled AukuCflLic8.
In a suburban town, where the
streets are lighted by gas lamps.
curious thing happened. A gentle
man noticed that for sevral nights the
gas was not lighted in front OF mis-
house and reported the matter to the
gas company. The larrp-lighter who
had the street in charge vas sure that
he had lighted it each night Later
the gentleman noticed that the lamp
was often lighted through the day and
decided that some mischlevous boy
was responsible for it. Keeping a
close watch for the offender, he was
astonished to see the light fash up
when not soul was near it. He
placed ladder against the post and
climbed up to investigate the matter.
He found that the two chains which
turned the light on and of moved so
easily that the slightest touch was suf-
fcient to send them up or down. But
they could not move Of their own
weight nor by the wind. Still more
puzzled, the man returned to his
watch at a discreet distance and was
soon rewarded by seeing a wren fly
to the lamp, perch itself on the ring
at the end Of the chain, and give it
pull which lighted the gas. He
then remembered that a wren had
reared a brood in the lamp that year.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-27
Where centenarIans Dwell.

Higher latitude does not seem con-
ducive to long life, as more people
over one hundred years old are found
in mild climates than in any other.
According to the last census of the
G 'rman empire, of a population Of 55.-
100000, only have passed the hun
dredth year. France. with a popu-
lation Of 100000, have 213 cen
tenarians.. In Scotland there are 40.
sweden has 10, Norway %, Belgium s
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-27
N 4 pEgP.sEA AQUARIUM.
Strange and Beautiful FORMS and Col
ors to Be Seen.


ors to Be Seen.
You look up through the green wat
er as II you were a fish yourself and
know for the first time how It feels TO
be at the bottom Of the sea. says a
writer in Everywhere. Great, solemn.
aldermanic-looking cod swim up and
stare into your very eyes, enormous
conger eels writhe playfully around
your head; idiodc-looking dog-fish lie
piled on one another and blink placid
~ into your face like so many sheep;
while the skates and the string rays
are hattened out in painting haccidity
upon the gravel at the bottom. Little
silver herrings and golden-hued young
salmon drift about like clouds lit by
the moon and on all sides. against the
rocks that vary the surface of the
tanks. wave the exquisite fringes Of
the sea anemones. Here. above all, is
the supreme beauty of the water
world.
Every variety Of fringe and flower
cup is mimicked here in hues that
fairly rival the roses OF the garden.
Purest white, soft creamy yellow rich
salmon color, every shade of tender
rose and glowing red and royal pur-
pie and vivid green spring from these
rocks a living flowes, with petals as
delicate as they are deadly. For these
beautiful fringes and ethereallooking
bubbles of color are so many murder
GUS arms outstretched for food. As
we watch them swaying gently in the
current, a poor little transparent
shrimp comes padding swiftly by. He
touches a rose-coIored petal, it flashes
around him, he is sucked into the gor-
geous heart of the flower and it closes
contentedly over his vanished form.
They know their danger generally,
these. poor little creatures, and did
they touch ever SO lightly the top Of
floating fringe, would spring away
from it with an electrical recoil.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-27

Some very dainty sets of hat, ruf'
ne and muff are to be seen just now.
One is in brown fur and chiffon to
match. The hat is wide Of brim, en-
tirely covered with the fur, and trim
med with ruches OF the brown chiffon.
Only about five inches Of the nun is
in fur, the widening edges consisting
Of pleated chiffon, much tucked and
ruched at the edges. The ruffie is a
mere band of fur with pleats and
ruches Of chiffon at either side.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-27

When the autumn's red and purple
From the woodland glen IS gone.
When the west Is gray at even
And the east Is gray az dawn,
When the snow Is sitting softly
From the loopholes IN the sky
And the landscape. gray and silent.
Greets the Winter-loving eye.
Then ] turn back through the seasons.
Through a score o. years or 50.
To the cabin on the homestead
Where ! lived 30 long ago
There again the IRE log blazing
Sheds its radiance around.
There is rapture IN its cleaning.
There Il music IN It's sound
Home again with all It's spiendors
Shines out In the ruddY glow
That IN fancy falls around me
As I saw It years ago.
When the barren. tangled brushTood
Bows beneath hs load Of white