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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-01-11

New Years Advertiser ready for mail.
ing at Sc each to be had at the office.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-07
spRuNe ron sAMg SOURCE.
Whale and Lion Said to Be Of IdentI-
cal Oriuln.

Whale and Lion Said to Be Of Identl-
cal Origin.
AS every one knows or ought to
know, the whale is not a fish, but
mammal, and biologists have long
pondered and disputed about its fam
lily tree. In EOcene times the ances-
tors OF mammals we're beginning to
take shape somewhat like those OF to-
day and to lose the grotesqueness in
herlted from their reptilian progeni-
tors. To be sure, animals were very
different from those OF to-day. Horses
we're no larger than dogs and had
five toes, while cattlelike tinoceras,
twice the size of an OK, with six horns.
tusklike teeth and five toes. cropped
the heritage Of Wyoming. Along with
these peculiar plant feeders there
dwelt some very primitive flesh eat.
ers. to which Prof. Cape gave the
name OF creadonta.
The scene shifts to modern times.
Prof Fraas OF Stuttgart, Germany. Is
delving in the rocks near Cairo,
Egypt He is getting out huge Jaw
bones that have been petrihed. The
jawbones are those OF whales and the
rocks near Cairo we're, in Eocene
times. the seashore. The professor
has studied his whale jaws and com
pared their teeth with other fossil
teeth. Now he tells us in a recent
Abhandlungen that these teeth OF an
ciont whales are like those Of the
ancient carniverous creodonts. From
this he argues that on Eocene or ear
lier times some primitive flesh eater
took to an aquatic life. From these
old times to the present whales have
been becoming more fishlfke.
II is hard to believe that the raven.
Gus lion and inoffensive and toothless
whale Of to-day had a common ances-
tor, yet they both have the same
tastes for blood. only the whale swal
lows his food whole.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-07
AuTHoR.s DAueAfER on sTAoE.
Ethel Bret Harte Forced TO Earn Liv-
ina In Concerts.

Ethel Bret Harte Forced TO Earn Llv-
ing in Concerts.
Miss Ethel Bret Harte, the daughter
OF the famous writer OF early Califor-
MIA life, has decided to devote herself
to concert work. Although Bret Harte
made large profits from his writings
and won success which seldom
comes TO a writer as early as it did
to him, be left his family in very
Fsraitened circumstances, and II Il
were not for the many stanch friends
in the American colony In London
Mrs. Bret Harte would often find II
difficult to make both ends meet.
With her children she has made her
home 10 Bayswater ever since Bret
Harte's death. The family difficulties
have been complicated BY threatened
loss OF sight OF one Of the sons and
lac has been sent 10 Switzerland in
the hope that a renowned oculist may
perform a successful operation.
Miss Bret Harte has had long up
hill struggle In her work She served
a stage apprenticeship with George
Edwards and D'Oyly Carte. She has
a soprano voice OF excellent range and
sympathetic quality and her one de-
sire Is to bring Il 70 greater perfec-
ton. Her capacity for work seems
endless and her love OF music is as
much OF an Incentive as the money
which she hopes to bring into the fam
lily pGzsa. It is extremely difficult 10
get hearing on the concert stage In
London. where only the well-known
artists are Invited to sing. but through
the influence Of the friends OF The
American author his daughter viii
have every opportunity to make the
success which her friends anticipate.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-07

Two men in Kansas City were hav-
ing a heated argument concerning the
location Of a certain theater in New
York city. The one insisted that the
house stood on lower Broadway. While
the other was equally confident that it
was uptown.
Finally the first man, becoming
angry. exclaimed: Perhaps you
think you know more about New York
than do? How often have you been
there?7
"once." was the epigrammatic re-
ply.
WELL" exclaimed the other, in tri-
umph, "rve been there FIVE different
times. and I ought to know more
about Il than you do"
The vanquished one was silent for
a moment. Presently he spoke with a
smile on his face How long did you
stay in New York on each of the five
visits you nader"
The other scratched his head a mo
ment before replying. and said: We'll
each time / was there for two or three
days. How long did you stay on the
only visit you made?"
Seventeen years" was the calm re-
ply That ended the conversation
Chicago Record-Herald.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-07

A bright-looking girl Of 20 Or so.
evidently not in this country more
than a year or two. rode up from the
Polk street depot in a Dearborn street
horse car with a newly-landed immi.
grant, who. from facial resemblance,
seemed to be her brother The girl
lueged the youths big yalise into the
car and bent under It again when they
got off at Adams street and disap.
peared in the direction Of the Union
depot, her companion lolling along at
ease by her side quite empty-handed.
She's so glad to meet him." re-
marked the conductor, that the girl
has forgotten that in this country IT
isn't stylish for the women to lug
the heavy burdens. III bet, though,
that when they next walk out that
young man will be the beast Of bur
den. Chicago Inter Ocean.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-07

Dec. IA for the purpose OF urging for
ward the movement and the czar must
either suppress it or permit it. In
either case the result, sooner or later,
will be that Russia will have a consti-
tuition and a parliament
To people living in free countries
this apparent cropping and creeping Of
the Russians toward civilization and
liberty is tantalizing. What we would
all like to see in that country is a
sudden upheaval which would over
turn autocracy In a moment and for
ever. and possibly we may yet see it.
Everything indicates that the fuel is
well prepared and that when the
match is applied the confagration
will be fierce. Russia will yet be q
free country.
These hopes seem to have reason
able foundation in the disastrous war
which Russia is waging in the far
east. That she will ultimately over
power and drive back the japanese
seems probable enough. unless inter
national complications should arrest
her, hut this will not altogether pre-
vent the uprising at home.
It is not now conceivable that Rus
sia should emerge from the conflict
without a pitiable loss Of prestige and
badly crippled in her resources, and
these effects can not be without seri-
Gus effects on her domestic institu-
tlons.
There is nothing like war to let
In the light. France never knew her
self or Germany until the Franco
Prussian war. Both sections OF this
country had their eyes opened by the
civil war The Spanish war was an
admirable instructor. The internal
policy Of Great Britain has been shs-
ken to the foundation by the Boer
war-Cbfcago Chronicle.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-07
RACE WILL BE AMERICAN.
Future Status Of the People Of tn
United States,

Future Status Of the People Of the
United States.
The people of the United States are
often called Anglo-Saxons. 1t is a mis-
nomer. They speak the language Of
the Anglo-Saxons. Their laws and
many of their institutions are but the
modified laws and institutions of the
Anglo-Saxons. Many of them are of
English descent. But their personality
already widely differs from that OF
Englishmen, and the difference is
bound greatly to increase.
President Roosevelt brought out this
fact and one of it's causes in his ad-
dress at the unveiling of the statue
of Frederick the Great. The blood Of
almost every civilized people-of Irish
men, Englishrren, Germans. Italians.
Frenchmen, Saws, Greeks and Scan
dinavians-runs in American veins.
This unprecedented intermixture of
the practical genius of the English
nan with the imagination of the Ital-
ian, of the steady industry and somber
temper of the Teuton with the mer
curial habits and joyous disposition Of
the Greek and the Latin, could not
fail in any circumstances to produce
a race essentially different from any
Of those from which it sprang.
But not only is this intermixture OF
races unprecedented. The conditions
under which it Is happening also are
unique.
Henry Thomas Buckle believed that
the climate of a country formed, in
the long run, the minds and characters
of its people. The inhabitants of the
tropics were indolent and unprogres-
sive because the bountiful earth pro-
vided for almost all their wants, while
the industry and progressiveness OF
those of temperate regions were born
of their successful struggles to make
niggardly nature yield them a living.
Buckles generalization was too sweep
ing, but unquestionably peculiarities
of climate have helped mold the per-
sonality Of all nations, and are help
ing shape the personality Of ours.
History, language, institutions will
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-07

OF the silver dollars Of 1904. one Of
which recently sold for nearly 81 200.
the mint records show that onl- 1850
were ever coined and Of thes> .Aarly
the entire lot was shipped to aas Of
the Barbary states. The ship fotS der.
ed and they were lost Very fef venu-
inc coin1 of that year exist.
The director Of the mint relassO nat
Senator Cockrell sent him .eyeral
years ago what purported to 1e one
OF these dollars for an examint hca as
to its genuineness. When subje,te5 to
heat the a. dropped of. showing
that the last figure on any 6rdiaary
coin had been removed and this sub
stitu.ed. but so cleverly thai nothing
less than fierce heat would reveal he
deception. Counterfeiters ara be;i0v.
ed to be plentiful.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-07
A Poser.

A certain physician told some Of
his patients that as long as they kept
their feet dry they would be safe from
the attack of the grip. He was sur
prised to receive letter from one
Of his patients in which the latter
said that he had two wooden legs
and yet had the grip for five consecu-
tive years. The letter was unan-
swered.-Albany Journal.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-07

tell. Our history, language and insti-
tutions being mainly Anglo-Saxon, We
shall probably always be more English
than German or Italian. But in the
main we shall be neither English, nor
German. nor Scandinavian, nor Italian.
but a composite of all. We shall be
American name which it should be
our chief business to make stand for
as many as possible Of the good quail
tiles Of the races from which we are
derived and for as few as possible Of
their faults.-Chicago Tribune.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-07
RUSSIA FACING A CRISIS.
Significance Of Demand Made by Rep
resentatives of Zemstvos.

Significance Of Demand Made by Rep
resentatives of Zemstvos.
When the car Of Russia permits
meeting of the representatives OF the
zemstvos in st. Petersburg for the
obvious If not avowed purpose OF agi-
tating for a constitution, and when
that body by vote of Sc to 10 boldly
informs him that the country urgently
needs "a specially elected body to par
ticipate in legislation" 1t is plain that
a crisis has arrived in the history Oh
the Russian bureaucracy.
/ It is true the meeting had to be
held without official auspices and the
representatives are said not to be
hopeful of immediate success, but, on
the other hand, this is only the be-
ginning of the agitation.
The zemstvos themselves will meet
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-07

phia, Washington, Chicago, St. Louis
Denver and San Francisco all boast
their quota OF sartorial spendthrifts
but certain New York firms, haber
dashers, trousersmakers 1.-THE term tail
or is obsolete) and importers of mems
wear practically control the extrava
giant trade.
Men like the Vanderbilts, Goulds
and Astors, who have both country
and city homes. have their wardrobes
in duplicate; that is, one complete
wardrobe is maintained in the town
house and one in the country. and
clothing is not carried back and forth.
This keeps the garments in better
condition and is well worth extra ex.
pense.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-07

The modern American Beau Brum-
mel expends $4,000 a year for his
clothes. The original Beau Brummel
was an exquisite. who dressed that the
world might gaze upon him in won
der and admiration. His twentieth
century representative cares not a
whit for mere externals, but he Is
veritable sybarite. Thousands for
comfort, but not one cent for per
fumes" Is the paraphrase which
might ft the well-dressed man OF to-
day. He leaves faddishness and
scents TO dancing masters and hair
dressers and asks to be merely well
groomed. II Is not New York's multi
milliOnaires alone who expend this
amount on clothes. Boston. Philadel-
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-07
prof. Koch FiahtIno Disease.

Prof. Robert Koch has recently been
investigating an outbreak of typhoid
fever for the German government. and
has since been at Paris. where he was
entertained by the Pasteur institute.
In the course of the winter he viii
proceed to German East Africa in
order to continue those studies Of
tropical and other diseases which Re
had not completed during his recent
visit to Rhodesia. In particular he
will continue to investigate the part
played by ticks IN conveying the IN
fecslon Of various cattle diseases.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-07

Victoria will probably be the first
British community to levy a tax on
amusements for the support Of local
charitable institutions. says the Lon
don Chronicle Mr.. Bent, the premier.
proposes a tax OF penny on every
shilling spent in the purchase Of thea
ter tickets. The Melbourne theatrical
managers are alarmed at this proposal
which they say means levy OF 8 per
cent on their gross takings. They
have had a long conference with he
premier. but did not succeed in con
verting him to their way Of thinking
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-07

"Now.' said the tuner, when be had
finished tuning the piano you ought
to pit some camphor in the plano"
"Camphor?" said the owner of the
instrument
Yes. said the tuner, ito keep the
moths out. Moths get into planes, as
they do into closets and elsewhere,
and here they feed on the felt cover
ings Of the hammers. eating away
their surfaces. and SO impairing their
eject What you want is a couple Of
camphor balls. each in little bag Of
cheese cloth. hung inside the piano,
one Al either side"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-07

The Malay is allowed four wives,
but he is too wise to take the limit
simultaneously or to be on with the
new before he is off with the old;
and though he may divorce and re-
place without much difficulty, the
women also have privileges, which, in
the better classes, mean settlements,
division of property and the children
provided for by law. Families are
small.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-07

The sun is a million times larger
than our earth, but If we increase the
suns size ter thousand times, we only
reach the volume Of such mammoth
suns as Arcturus, Canopus, Antares
and Beta Centauri It is estimated
that a motor car travelling at the rate
Of 100 miles an hour would take 5000
years to 90 once round Beta Centauri.
and far longer than this to go round
either Arcturus or Canopus.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-07
Married TO a Dead Tiner.

A curious custom obtains among the
Coorgs. When one Of them kills a
tiger or a panther. he is married to
the dead animal, regardless Of its sex.
Propped upon a framework on wood
or bamboo the animal is carried in
procession and the marriage ritual Is
strictly observed, while lavish hospi-
tality is dispensed.-Calcutta States
man.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-07
WomanIa Most pana-roue Weapon.

woman's Most Dangerous Weapon.
AS If the eye were not a weapon
with which every young woman is al
ready expert. certain rules for an eye
drill have recently been promulgated.
It seems that the beauty Of woman's
orbs lies not so much in their shape
and color as in the way she uses
them. Hence long list of directions
for rotating them SO that the muscles
may be best trained. Man never
knows when he is safe.-Boston
Transcript
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-07

In cleaning the front Of a bank
building in Piccadilly, Loneon, the
worlxlnen discovered a pigeons nest
constructed entirely of hairpins, OF
which there were many hundreds.
plated and matted together into a
solid whole. The nest was oval In
shape. about eight inches across in
its widest part and six and a half
inches in its narrowest. Every descrip-
ton Of hairpin had been used in bufd-
ing 1t.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-07
Poverty Of Russian Peasants.

The poverty of the Russian peas
ants is instanced by recent figures
showing that, Notwithstanding the
long nights, the average use Of the
cheapest kind of crude petroleum is
only four or FIVE quarts for each fam
fly In a year. Much time for work
is mus wasted. Many peasants re-
main in bed from four in the alter
noon till eight in the morning.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-07
Where Does the Salt Come From7 I

Some unemployed mathematician
physicist has figured out that the riv-
ers of the world pour eighty-six cubic
miles Of water into the various oceans
every day. 1t would be nice to have
some disengaged chemist explain
where all the salt to go with it comes
from.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-07
The Childish ousstloner.

Harry, aged 4, was puzzled by the
Precipitation dripping from the brow
of the gardener who was moving the
lawn. Being unable to solve the mys-
terry to his satisfaction he finally
asked: Say, John, what makes your
head leak so?"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-07

The pear tree win continue bearing
fruit for several centuries. Trees
bearing fruit In abundance when at
least 300 years old are not uncom-
mon. They are much longer-lived than
the apple, which rarely lasts more
than 100 or $50 years. The pear
tree also grows much larger than the
apple, and when 200 years old has Of
ten the dimensions of a forest tree.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-07

With piece of string and a little
sand and grease some Hindu convicts
sawed through an iron bar two inches
in diameter in five hours and escaped
from Jail
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-07
Life insurance In Russia.

The poor activity of the insurance
business in Russia is shown by the
fact that in the entire empire there
are only 2S,S10 companies. while the
amount of insurance taken out is only
1921, ,421.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-07
Counting the pulse.

Most people overestimate their
pulse, as they often count its beats
when talking about the matter, and it
is a fact, well known to physicians.
that the excitement of conversation
will quicken the pulse from five to
twenty beats.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-07

Nan Patterson, now on trial at New
York for murder, had achieved some
notoriety before her arrest as
chorus girl in "Florodora." She is charg-
ed with killing Caesar" Young. a
bookmaxer, in a hanson cab last June,
using a pistol in the deadly work. but
there are witnesses who allege that
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-07

Eyes, bruddahs en- sistahs." shout.
ed Bruddah Beans, at the revival
meeting, "Ah kin see it now. When
some of desc heah health cranks git
to paradise dey1l be askin' st. Peter
ef de milk am steriized."
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-07

There is only one statue in Great
Britain with an umbrella. This is
to be seen at Reading, and represents
Mr.. G. Palmer, of biscuit fame, stand
ing bare-headed, with a silk hat and
umbrella in hand.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-07
Dickens, EuII Name.

A catalogue of autograph letters.
published by a London dealer, has
surprised great many people by
showing the fact that Charles Dick
ems full name was Charles John Hut
fam Dickens.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-07

An association in Manchester, Eng
land, known as the Minnehaha ANA
teur Minstrels, has made a business
for the last twenty-five years Of giving
performances for charity. In that
time it has raised s97,1SO.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-07
Hold cIrcuses to Truth.

The laws of Italy are strict with re-
gard to theaters and circuses. Every
act OF performance announced on the
program must be given. Any great
exaggeration by means of pictures is
punishable.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-07

It was unquestionably good stroke,
but when the golf-playing physician
wanted to know where to find the ball
the advice he received from Lis cad
die was quite as good as the stroke.
Il think. doctor" he said, you will
have to probe for it,"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-07
cnssaoka cuarded ErontI.r-

The Cossacks were the first set
tiers Of the Amur Territory in 1856.
where they strung out in a frontier
Gordon 1880 versts long to prevent
hostile invasion.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-07

the man shot himself. The face Of the
accused is said to be that of weak,
thoughtless girl. The illustration
shows the accused woman in court
with her sather It IS copied from a
drawing made by stan artist of the
New York Herald. The fathers grief
is pitiabIe.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-07

A gift is a pleasant thing. rightly
given; most pleasant and dear and
sacred, whether its value be much or
little. II only it is offered with the
heart, and chosen from the heart
Mrs. Craik.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-07

It is an open question whether fools
or rogues do the more harm in the
world. There is no question. however
as to which are the more agreeable to
associate with.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-07
But It's Hard.

When a woman works two months
on a tidy for her church fair, and rees
it appear marked so cents by COM
mittec. she must be compelled to re-
mind herself that the Lord demands
humility. Globe.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-07

The commonest practical use Of as
tronomy is In navigation. for all the
paths OF the trackless sea have been
mapped with the sun and stars as
guideposts by night and day.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-07
Asbestos suits MIGHT Be Useful.

A Spokane paper says that Idaho
lawyers have decided to wear dress
suits hereafter" Why not here?
Don't harmonic with golden crowns
and harps-New York Herald