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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-05-07
A Musicians wife.

Dr. Elgar is one OF those fortunate
men whose wives are helpmates ia a
very liberal and practical sense, for it
is said that we owe to Mrs. Elgar
some Of tie most beautiful words
notably two charming songs-to
which her husbands music has been
welded. There are several other not
able me7 whose wives are thus able
to share their work. To mention but
a few. there are NJ. and Nine. Curie.
who together have made the epoch
making discovery Of radium; Sir Law
renee and Lady Tadema ply the
brush Ia adjacent studios and criticise
and help each others work: Mr.. and
Mrs. Sidney Webb study and write
ably together on economic problems;
Mr. and Mrs. Meynell ply equally busy
pens. and SC DO Mr.. and Mrs. Leigh
ton. rivals ard partners in fiction. and
Mr.. and Mrs Coulson Kernahan.-
Westminster Gazette.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-05-07

A recent magazine article tells Of
the "Pialn Heroes OF Science"
These were the mes Of the United
States government survey. the explor
ers and mapmakers employed in the
early days OF the gold excitement ir
Alaska. Though their time was thea
own they calmly laid out the gold
fields in a community that was mad
over gold and made no effort TO share
the riches. which we're their own for
the taking.
Is there something IN a scientific
training that produces such results2
II SO. some wise philanthropisi
ought 20 endow a school Of science
ard make the education there to be
gained compulsory in the case Of our
solons and others. Such an institu.
tion in Kansas. for instance. might be
cminently useful
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in the air, whose source is often Wis
ible to the eye. Frequently one sees
dead rats in the roadway. but for
fear OF the plague they are quickly
made away with. After coming from
the daintiness and delightful artistry
cf, well-to-do Toxic. ,shitaya is the
abomination of desolation.
The most tumble-down Of these
abodes may be rented for from 20 to
80 cents per month. but there are
houses so fine that they cost as high
as cent day To afford one OF
these expensive residences several
families club together. not alone for
economy. but also for warmth. in
winter all hands crowding together
on the mats. Charcoal is not always
to be Afforded, and heat is a great
luxury in cold days. A whole block
will sometimes take turns in warm
ing hands at a hibachi, wherein a few
chunks Of charcoal shoulder IN a
bed Of ashes.
Suppose a pipe-cleaner has had q
good day. and returns to his home.
with. say. twelve cents. He will ex-
pend this 10 forthing purchases Of
misc. kind Of soup stock. ull. fuel.
tobacco. and perhaps q little fish.
which & he feels reckless he VIII
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visitor 10 the quarters where 10y is
life's unknown quantity.
Summing in Toxic is for the regu-
lation traveller the same as if in Lon
don he went to Soho without explor-
ing the east None but regions of
comparative prosperity are shown, be-
cause the japanese are proud Of their
universal reputation for cleanliness,
for artistic surroundings. and for a
poverty that is always smiling. well
washed and safely removed from ac-
tual want
Nevertheless, Toxic and other cities
have their social purgatories. their
Sargasso seas Of living. breathing
wreck and drift. In Toxic not fewer
than 100000 people seldom, if ever,
know Of a certainty where the necessi-
ties of the next day will come from,
and throughout the lau1 the great
majority are too poor to eat rice. The
high-grade rice grown in the islands
is exported almost to the last sack,
and inferior rice imported for those
who can afford it. Rice is not in
every bowl. as the tourists fondly
imagine
Let us proceed to Darkest Toxic.
we will visit the Shitaya quarter,
which is close to the beautiful Uyeno
Park.
Toxic is SO vast; it is such an I'M
mense sea of sheds, that from the
highest point on the clearest day one
can see but a fraction of its area
but here are fifteen districts Of mean
streets. The crazy structures called
houses, which are in reality sheds, are
strung along in a series OF dilapidated
and filthy compartments. To folk as
poor as those who live here. cleanli-
ness, so dear to the average Japanese
that it is above godliness, is olt Of
the question.
The walls are decayed and full Of
.reyices and cracks, the roof leaks.
and there are moss and broken tiles,
the shoji are full of holes or patched
with newspapers. the mats are ragged,
dirty and moldy There is foul water
in the streets and still fouler stencil
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haps a handful Of scraps from gar
bage barrel With these he would
have feasted with bis family. and with
them prayed that providence would
give him better day tomorrow, SO
that he might reclaim his goods
The-pawnbrokers fatten of these
wretches as in no other land. 1t is
impossible TO escape them, and they
never relent. Anything that costs
above five cents can be pawned
Until this time Of the year. or even
until midwinter, one can exist in Shi-
taya without bed clothing, put when
the nights get cold, with the fearful,
piercing frost Of a Japanese winter
some covering must be had. Now ap
pears another plunderer Of the poor in
the guise Of the capitalist who rents
quilts by the night. He charges, and
invariably collects, from one farthing
for a shred of dirty, patched old rag
to a cent or even two cents for
foul, but heavy. covering. Then, too,
there are frayed silk quilts for bridal
couples, but these are too costly to
be rented hy many bridegr0oms.
Rent must be paid In advance. and
before the family go to sleep the col
lector comes and gets either the mon,
ey or the quilt. With a refinement Of
cruelty he does not appear until the
lessee has turned in. and the loss Of
his covering viii be doubly felt. There
are heartrending scenes when PENN
less mothers strive to hold the quilt
to protect their babes from the chill
and the damp. Like the pawn-broker
and the money-lender, the quiltlender
Is fiinty-hearted.
Nothing that was ever edible can
become too bad for she very poor to
use. From this and similar quarters
the scavengers go forth daily search
ing for food. and they rake the city
as with a comb. Back they come at
night laden with bad rice, decayed
fish and meat. scraps from slop bar
rels. broken food from restaurants.
and all manner % queer odds and
ends. This secondhand food busi
ness has an extensive language Of its
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when the Coliseum was the heart Of
the magnificent show; but now. for
this one week. at least. the splendid
monument Of a mighty pride is 10 be
left 70 silence and neglect. while the
thoughts and interest Of the bar
barlans" are centered In that great
white dome which. seen far across the
city. seems 10 hang suspended in the
misty blue like a crystalized inspira-
tion 4
Ter us imagine ourselves. II you
viii. climbing on Holy Thursday after
noon. the successive flights Of broad
sto, steps that lead 70 the portal Of
ST. Peters We pause lnstinctively.
On gaining the top. 10 look back for a
moment over the immense piazza. "
across which hundreds Of people are
hurry ing 10 the one direction. seem
ing IN the Wide expanse but scat
tered handful The two fountains are
sending their spray high into the air
10 sway this way and that In the faint
su ling breeze. and between them the
sh lder shaft Of the obelisk casts its
iengthening shadow along the white
pavement. the same shadow that has
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-05-07

f,lien on the reyeis and professions
OF Ca'.gula and on an the joys and
woes of Rome. from that day 20 this.
Turning. we enter the restlbule. and.
Sting the heavy leather cuctain that
hangs before the door. find ourselves
luoiing down the marble vista Of
ne nave. into which the sunlight is
falling III a hundred golden streams.
People 10 groups Of two and three
are sirolIing about hooking into side
chapeis. appearing and disappearing
between the massive pillars that scpa-
rate the nave from TIE side aisles.
but farther dov thare seems 10 be
crowd and out of tae distance some
where comes confused murmur as
of many people talking at once. Tho
souad. as we follow Il, grows In vol
ure until. as we thread our way
among ne crowd under the dome. Il
rises into a babel Of voices which we
now discover to be Issuing from The
tribune where are assembled cardi-
rcis. bishops. archbishops, priests and
-rsnks. eho. divided into two sales.
are rcctinE alternate verses OF the
Psalms.
suddenly i -e is silence. and the
people who h es been paying no atI
tertion 10 .re Gnotonous outpouring
oi words. wait expectantly while
priest separates himself from the
others. aao. bowiag FIRST to one side
then to tho other, stands alone be.
icre a great book lying open on the
reading Cesk. A slight pause. and his
voice IS Fitted in Solemn chant:
aHow doth the city SID solitary that
was fuil Of people2 How IS the mis-
iress of the nations become as
widow the princess of provinces
made the tfibuiarysr Surely there
never was a strain Of music 50 fun
of human sadness. and yoarning as
this chant with its eliminating re-
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-05-07
LIteraIIy and FIauratIvely.

James b. OH. the corporation law
yer. has a modest way of attSibuting
his own bon mots to others when
first he springs them on his friends.
The saying in point was started in
this way. but there are those who rec
ognized characteristics too familiar to
admit Of success for the attempted de-
ception. said Mr. Dill:
"A woman client OF mine who has
made variegated Investments during
the past three years asked me if
could give her a good description Of
Wall street. I couldn't and she said:
Wei. Mr.. Dill. Wall street is
short and crooked. It begins with a
graveyard and ends in the river
New York Times.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-05-07

Congressman sibiey, who takes a.
most as much delight in possessing
fast horses as hq does automobiles
had been troubled at his home in
Pennsylvania with rats about his
granaries. A peddler came along one
day selling Mexican rat poison. Mr..
SiDley bought a quantity and spread it
about his greenhouses. The rats lived
and multiplied. a year later the
peddler came along again. Didn't
you sell me some Mexican rat pois.
ong" asked Alr. Sihley eyes. slr
the peddler answered. ~ is no good,
Mr.. Slhley told him. it hasn't killed
rat chat ! know of 'Well. maybe
tho rats about your place are not real
Mexican rats the uaddier s1id
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-05-07

One Of the last stories told to An.
drew Carnegie before his recent de.
parture for Europe amused him great
ly
The fond father VINO told the story
was trying to impress upon his young
son the necessity of contributing to
the support of the poor through the
medium Of the church contribution
box. and the lad was objecting to
parting with his pennies.
Don't give unless you really feel
you would enjoy doing So" said the
father. for you know the Lord loveth
only the cheerful giver."
The boy was silent for moment.
Then he blurted out:
Gee he must be dead stuck
or Andrew Carnegiel"-New York
Times.
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Deeper than ever plummet sounded
in tho ocean Of poverty and human
woe have I descended in Toxic. the
metropolis of the far east. and found
the worlds poorest poor. Beside these
starved subjects Of the Son Of Heaven
who cover outside his palace walls,
the submerged tenth Of London are
bons yivants, and the sroyeIing Rus
SLAMS Of Gorky's night refugees the
spoiled children Of fortune
What have seen ] doubt II any oc-
cidental has seen before me. for the
existence Of such absolute wretehed-
ness is not revealed to the Tourist end
the ordinary resident suspects It not
at all II he has heard sca1e whisper
OF the dolorous regions near at hand
it is not regarded as petite to 10 too
inouiring Not by any possible aiance
win the guide or friend conduct the
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-05-07

Dolls. said a dealer in such
things. are made in marvellous vari-
ETY.. And yet there are no red heads
among them. All are either blondes
or brunettes.
You never thought Of this before2
Very likely not But if you look
through any stock Of dolls. anywhere.
you viii find It to be true, that there
are no red-headed dolls
They might be made that way. Of
course. if they we're wanted. as easily
as they could be rnade with blonde
or with dark hair. but there Is no
demand for them
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-05-07

frain. "Jerusaleml Jerusaleml be coz
yerted to the Lord, thy God"
The singer at the desk gives place
to another, who takes up the lamenta-
tion where he leaves of, and is in
turn followed by a third. the chang
ing voices adding new interest to the
theme; once, rising strong and sonor-
GUS. lends sternness TO the prophets
words. another, vibrating with deep
feeling. makes OF them a well Of ten
derness.
But the singing stops, the recitation
Of the Psalms is resumed. and the
crowd shifts and is restless again.
Conversations are going on all about
u.s. party Of Italian women Of the
middle class. with handkerchiefs
thrown over their heads and tired
children clinging to their skirts, are
discussing family affairs in an ami
mated stage whisper just behind US
and near by young French girl with
a face Ike a flower is gesticulating
vehemently TO emphasize the story
she Is telling to an elderly woman be.
side her. all the sparkle of her bright
eyes however. being directed toward
yonder officer In blue and silver. who
leans cuntentedly against the wall
watching her with his dar,, eyes.
AS the service proceeds. broken now
and again. by the recurring chant
the sunbeams. which have been trav-
cling higher and higher along the
marble and mosaic Of the walls, dis
appear. and the warm radiance Of a
sunset sky nils all the air. but is
Soon chilled and driven back before
the creeping shadows This is the
only day Of the year on which St
Peters is open after sundowu. and
thousands come 70 see its hugeness
magniied by the darkness and to
hear the papal choir sing the closing
part OF the tenebrae so that. as the
twilight deepens. the throng, quiet
now under the spell Of the place and
hour. presses closer and closer till
25.000 people are standing shoulder tc
shoulder; the black mass reaching
only half way up the church.
The great dome above becomes a
thing Of mystery. and seems to be
gathering into itself all the darkness
OF the night. In the balconies at the
four angles. candles are lighted. and
Others twinkle Ike stars at intervals
along the nave. that reaches away
and away TIL only our thought car
follow its extent And now. annie
absolute stsIlness. the choir. conceal
ed behiAd screen, begins the Bene
dlctus. Blessed be the Lord, Coo
of Israel. because He hath visited sne
wrought the redemption OF His peo
pie Solemn. and exquisitely beauti
ful. the melody floats over the headi
OF the listening multitude. and from
the perfect unison Of male voices one
Voice separates itself. a high so
prano. clear and bell-like. but witt
a certain strange quality In il thas
precludes the possibility OF It's com
ing from woman's throat and w
know we are listening 70 the wonder
fnl boy whom the people have cailet
"The Angel OF Rome
All too soon the singing stops, anG
with . penlteutial psalm. murmures
low. the service closes. The dense
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-05-07

AS the Easter Of each year ap-
proaches. the time-honored saying
that "all roads lead to Rome" grows
into a literal truth; and over the pass
es Of the Alps. out of the east and
west and south, the people Journey
toward the ergtwhile capital Of the
world led thither by motives as
varied in character as the hetero-
geneous throng itself-curiosity af-
fcction, devotion. habit, passive
yielding to the winds that blow and
what not Every nation in Christen-
dom Is represented In the streets and
squares Of the city. and by the Tues
day Of Holy Week the traveller who
enters Rome without the promise in
black and white of an apartment. is
liable to fare badly.
Just SO must the crowds have gath
cred IN other days, to witness the
games and triumphs Of the empire.
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sTRArFoRD sELLs

One Sabbath eve betwixt green Avon's
banks,
In a dream-world we hour by hour did
float,
The ruhilng swans moved by IN stately
ranks
with soft. sad eyes the cattle watched
our boat,
We passionate pilgrims from far-off
land
Beyond the "vexed BerElOOthes '--oh,
how dear
That strange sweet picture. BY the en-
chanters wand
Familiar 10 our spirits made. and neari
Then suddenly loud and resonant sound
Thrilled from the skies and waters; 10!
the chimes
OF stratford rang and rang; the very
ground
Murmufed as with a deep-yoiced
poets rhymes.
While swift melodious tone on tone was
hurled.
Twas shakespeares music brimmed the
IF B.F.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-05-07

One Of the oldest institutions in the
city OF Melbourne. Australia, known
as the Eight o'clock rush is In dan
ser OF extinction. For half century
a philanthropic restaurant proprietor
has been giving a free meal at s
O'Clock every evening to newly ar
rived immigrants or respectable per
sons who were temporarily down on
their luck No professional loafers
or chronicaily unemployed were en-
couraged. The attendance averaged
about hundred, ard every Mel
bourne journalist considered It his
duty to write a description Of the
siSene at least once in his career. The
proprietor Of the restaurant IS now
retired from business. He Is said e.
have received 1eaacies from people
whom he had thus befriended anc
who afterward urosuared
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-05-07
ExpENsIvE eAME OF eoLF.
New Yorker Willing to Pay for the
Privilege Of Profanity.

New Yorker Willing to Pay for the
Privilege Of Profanity.
One Of New York's prominent eler.
gymen who is an enthusiastic golfer
was playing over the Morristown links
recently with a clubman whose Ian.
guage was not always suited 70 cleri-
cal ears. After a badly sliced drive
the latter, from force Of habit, let fall
word or two which required an
apology to his reverend companion.
beg pardon. doctor" he exclaimed.
but it hoped out before | knew it.
If ! make any more strokes like that
though. | won't vouch for what
may say. You'll have to forgive me
It's a bad habit I've got into"
Mr.. H." said the clergyman,
thinking to put an effectual quietus
on this sort Of thing. suppose you
agree to pay me a dollar for every
oath, the money to be given to char.
ity"
Mr.. H. looked dubious.
"All right, III go you on that" he
said. finally.
Ali went smoothly for awhile until
he fooled" his drive. when out came
the dollar bill, which the clergyman
quickly pocketed. On the next hole
he drove into the bunker and had to
go down into his pockets again. This
time out came twenty-dollar bill.
But ] haven't the change" ex
claimed the doctor.
Then don't bother about it, doctor
for / intend to swear it out.
And he did, by the time he got out
of that bunker.
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eat raw with horseradish. He buys
in driblets, and. like the very poor
ia all cities Of the world. pays enor-
nous prices. This has been a very
good day and perhaps he will peep
in at one OF the tempting cake shops.
which smell SO fragrant to the weary
and hopeless. However hee viii be,
ia al likelihood. broke by this time.
and viii content himself with listen
ing to a ftoryteller relating the an
cielt glcrics Of Dai Nippon.
Had cur piDe-cleaner returned
empty -haraed he would have hurried
70 tie pswn-broker, always near at
hand and raised a few farthings on
his precious brass pipe. his bibacM
or he few POOR garments not In actual
use. WITH the money he would have
purchased fsh enfrails or the o1al
from horses used for food. and per
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-05-07

Announcement has been made at a
din-er OF the Huguenot society that
Mrs Edward King Of New York city
has given 100000 for the erection Of
a new Episcopal chapel as a part Of
the cathedral Of ST. John the Divine
on Cathedral heights. Nev York. Il
IS to be called tho Hugutnot chapel
and win be the second in a series Of
seven. One chapel in the series a.
ready provided for and nearly finished
is the gift Of August Belmont. ia
memory Of his mother This chapel.
It Is understood. has cost $500 900
Wc-k has been in progress on the
cathedral for several years
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who walked with firm. swift steps
down the hall to The back parlcr
Katharine knew those steps, and her
breath Quickened.
She heard the door from the hall
into the back parlor opened: heard
little Ted's cheerful Hello. DoclT and
leaned forward eagerly in her chair
to listen.
Hello, old chaplr she heard Bob
Fosdick's voice say. ''Sunning2"
Sure. came Ted's piping voice.
What you got in the hag7"
Lots Of things, was the noncom-
initial reply.
~Any plaster OF raris7"
"Why. yes." said Focdick We've
got 70 change the cast this afternoon
va knew. laddie.'
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a Criminal Paradise.

SPANS criminal settlement in the
Zafarina Islands is said to be quite
paradise Of convicts. Their liberty is
restr.cted only SO far that they must
not leave the islands and must return
at night to prison unless they obtain
leave OF absence for the night At 6
O'Clock in the morning the convicts
lceve the prison Some do a little
work. but the majority go straight to
the various wineshops and hostleries,
where they pass the day drinking,
singing and occasionally breaking the
monotony of life with a little kniang
for each respectable prisoner car
ries his "faca' Cknife) day and night
with him Tnis idyllic state Of things
appears less strange if one considers
that the prison warders-the "capa-
tares"-are the liquor sellers of tho
Islands. and that good deal of illicit
trading is carried or in those places
of resort. the prisoners buying revol-
vers. ammunition. usebreakers'
tools and similar Chicago
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