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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-11-26

Several notable persons have fallen
victims to the new ordinance at
Washington forbidding automobiles
speeding. Lieut. Robert S. Clark Of
the Ninth infantry. the stepson of
Bishop Potter. and the wealthiest
man in the army. vas the first pun
ished. He paid the court SO for
running his machine at a twenty-f0ur-
mile-an-hour gait. Frank Joy. a
broker. was caught and fined SO and
a millionaire from the West who ap-
peared as John smith in the police
records paid s. for i've minutes OF
Joy at the rate Of twenty miles an
hour
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-11-26
KEEP A CHEERFUL MIND.
The One Way to Obtain Victory over
Adversely.

The One Way to Obtain Victory over
Adversely.
To be cheerful when the world is
going well with you is. no great vir-
tue The thing is 70 be cheerful
under disadvantageous cireumstanc-
es. If one has lost money, il business
prospects fail, if enemies appear tri-
umphant. if there IS sickness Of self
or those dear to one, then is it, in
deed. a virtue TO be cheerful When
poverty pinches day after day, month
after month or through the years as
they pass. and one has ever to deny
self OF every little longed for luxury,
and the puzzle Of how TO make one
dollar DO the work Of two has to be
solved. then the man who can still
be cheerful is a hero. He is a greater
hero than the soldier who faces
the cannon's mouth Such cheerful
ness is the kind that we need 70 cul-
tivate.-MiIwaukee Journal.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-11-26
mat Corn eesf MIne.

After all. It may not be necessary
to continue the fight against the meat
combine. as word comes from the Yel-
IoWstone Park Of the discovery OF a
deposit Of corned beef sufficient to
feed the world for a long time to
come. That the information comes
By way Of Munich does not make il
any the less reliable The discovery
is credited TO a cowboy. The only
trouble possible in utilizing the de-
posit would seem to be in running the
park by mining operations.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-11-26

Commenting on the death OF a
brother Of his flock who. while intoxi-
Gated, went 10 sleep on a railroad
track and was run over BY the engine,
Brother Dickey said ~Dat de jug he
had wild him didn't git broke wen he
wuz ruined over was one er desc
t'ings dats prOvidentisl en- hid fun
our onderstandin' But ter save my
life / can't see how man could go
ter sleep on a railroad track or any
whar else wid sich good liquor long
side himi"-Atlanta Constitution.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-11-26

The finest diamond ever imported
paid no duty to the customs officers,
having smuggled itself in from some
other planet in meteorite. Packed
in thick envelope = meteoric iron,
it fell to earth in Diablo canyon. at
the foot Of Crater mountain, Arizona.
its coating being broken into numer-
GUS particles by contact with the
rock formation of the ground. Some
six weeks ago a party OF geologists.
discovering these fragments, at first
thought them indications Of a re-
markably pure vein Of iron ore, but
their true character was soon discern
ed, and in one Of the pieces picked
up by Prof. G. A. Koenig, the dia-
mond was found imbedded. It is now
on exhibition at the American Mu-
scum Of Natural History.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-11-26
WHY BALD MEN UNCOVER.
City Salesman manlfssts Curiosity on
the Point

lrc FcinA
One question the city salesman
woald like answered pertains to bald
headed men.
why do so many Of them take OF
their hats Ia public cOnveyances and
other places where a heal covering Is
the proper capergT he inquiries. with
grave concern. NIt is no uncommon
thing to see men take on their hats
in street cars, and nine-tenths Of those
who do it are bald-headed- One would
think they would be afraid of catching
their death Of cold riding about in
that exposed state in draughty wealth
er. but evidently they are troubled by
no such considerations. Neither does
vanity deter them A denuded scalp
has no terroFs for them. ] asked one
bald-headed man Why so many Of his
kind thus cheerfully advertised their
paucity OF locks. He said he couldn't
answer for other men. but that he
did it TO give his hair a chance TO
grow. and I would Ike 10 know if all
would give that reason"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-11-26

The committee which is raising the
fund Of S150,00O for the erection Of q
building for the department of Thil-
osophy at Harvard university As a
memorial Of Ralph Waldo Emerson
has announced a gift of $50 900 to-
ward that fund from one anonymous
benefactor and of $4,000 from an
other-the former conditioned on the
completion Of the fund by the next
commencement and the latter on its
completion in time to admit of the
corner stone being laid in connection
with the celebration Of the Emerson
centennial on May "a These two gifts
bring the total amount now on hand
to S125,000
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-11-26
VANITY OF GUINEA FOWLS.
stand for Hours Admitting Them
selves In Mirror

Stand for Hours Admirlng Them
selves In Mirror
A pair Of guinea fowls were intro
dueed as pets into the garden Of
young man up town the other week,
says the Philadelphia Record. The
wings Of the birds were clipped, so
that they might not fly away, and
they were quartered In an Clubhouse
that happened to contain mirror
Theenect OF the mirror onthe gatneas
seems hardly credible. They post
themselves before #, and there,
studying their reflections intently.
they stand perfectly motionless and
silent for hours at a time. It Is im-
possible to drive them away with
shouts or hand-clappings. They must
be carried forth bodily, and then, as
soon as they can, they return. No
matter how fine the weather may be.
the guineas remain In the Clubhouse,
gazing at themselves in the mirror.
To get them 10 take exercise II is
necessary to carry them forth, and
then to shut up the Clubhouse tight
The owner Of the fowls thinks that
perhaps the mirror hypnotizes them.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-11-26
coLoRED SHOES ARE POPULAR
Society Does Not Take to Them, but
Army Men Like Varied Hues.

Society Does Not Take to Them, but
Army Men Like Varied Hues.
If colored shoes are not generally
worn they are popular IN the army. as
evidenced by recent contracts given
out for the manufacturing of shoes for
the members Of the United States
army. says the Shoe and Leather Re
porter. One contract was for $1,000
pairs of shoes, all colored, there being
not a single pair Of blacks in the rder.
In another order was included ss4
pairs OF colored shoes. This gives
the impression that for army wear col
ored shoes are preferred. They look
better for longer period OF time with
reasonable care than black goods. In
the opinion of the army officials For
hot weather colored shoes are viewed
by sensible people as a most common
sense proposition.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-11-26
New idea in psntis.rv

suppuration at the roots OF teeth is
treated by electric rays by Dr. stebel
OF Munich. A powerful electric light
is focused upon the bony cavities Of
the jaw. setting up irritation. increas.
ing to violent Inflammation. and a
layer Of tissue comes away. The sup.
puration ceases. the 1ooseness Of the
tooth disappearing. The operation is
difficult. but is reported 10 have been
successful in fourteen cases.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-11-26
birds CAL Them from BED.

Some children in Crawford. ". j.,
think they know just how the old king
felt when the pie was opened" that
contained the -four and twenty black
birds for the blackbirds have been
waking them up regularly every morn
ing since March l. About els every
morning a tremendous squeaking noise
like the cTeaking Of a giant gate
sounds right outside the bedroom win
dow and the children open their eyes
wide to see the hundreds Of black
wings flying by The birds light on
the top branches Of some very tall
trees near the house. and there they
chatter noisily for an hour or so.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-11-26

In recent book on gastOnomy ap-
pears this anecdote Of the gasuonomic
prowess Of a Swiss guard in the en-
ployment Of the Marechal de villars.
zone day the guard was sent for by
the marechai. who had heard OF his
enormous appetite. How many sir.
loins Of beef can you eat?8 be tenta-
lively asked. All. mOnseigneur. for
me I don't require many-fiye or six
at the most And how many legs OF
mutton? Legs Of mutton mot many
seven to eight And fat pullets?
'Oh, as TO pullets. only few-a dozen.
And Of pigeonsT AS 10 pigeons, mon
seigneur. not many-fOrty. perhaps
fifty And larks9 Larks, monseig
neur always
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-11-26

The only battle ever fought on what
is now Oklahoma soil took place on
the washita river near the Antelope
hills. Here in 1868 Gen Custer. with
900 cavalry, engaged ia a deadly com
bat with Black Kettle. a Cheyenne
chief. with an unknown number rf
warriors. Custer lost nineteen sol
diers and one officer. but Won the
fight killing Chief Black Kettle. with
103 braves. and taking ffty-three pris.
oners.-Kansas City Journal
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-11-26

The French government has just
promulgated 2 new code Of sanitary
regulations. This code among other
regulations contains the remarkable
proviso that for the future three vac
cinations instead Of one as hitherto
shall be obligatory upon all French
citizens. The first Is 70 be made dur
ing the first year Of infancy, the sec
ond in the eleventh year, and the
third in the twenty-hrst
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-11-26

A writer tells Of an indoor snow
storm on a very clear. cold evening at
a party given IN Stockholm, Sweden
Many people we're gathered in a sin
gle room. which became so warm as
to be insufferable The window sashes
were found frozen and a pane OF glass
was smashed out A cold air current
rushed In and at the same instant
flakes OF snow were seen to fan to
the floor IN all parts Of the room. The
atmosphere was SO saturated with
moisture that the sudden fall in tenn
perature produced a snowfall indoors.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-11-26
HIs Eiumorous ErpIanatIon.

An amusing instance of a minister
stumbling on text Of a humorous
personal application is that related
OF a widower who had remarked with
in a year after his first wife's death.
His friends and congregation thought
him very expeditions and on the next
Sunday, when his text was announced.
they could scarcely control them
selves. He rose in his place in the
pulpit and said: My beloved brethren.
you will find my text in the seven
teenth verse OF the fourth chapter Of
Second Corinthians, "Our light aaic-
ton. which is for the moment.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-11-26
A Home Thrust

Chaplain Russell Of the Missouri
house Of representatives recently dem
onsrated the efficacy Of prayer by a
supplication that Is said to have
transformed the attitude OF the mem
bers Of the house. a majority Of whom
formerly read the papers during the
chaplsin's petition: % Lord. he
PRAYED. Il ask that those in this house
who rise to their feet for prayer may
not continue to read their papers
while the chaplain prays. Grant that
they may have some respect for God Il
they have nCt for the chaplain"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-11-26
A-Lonn.Lisaded President.

Miss Alice Fletcher. president Of
the Anthropol0gical society. has in
troduced a new departure in setting
apart the first thirty minutes Of each
Of its meetings as time in which
members, visitors. travellers. explor-
ers and others, may report on matters
Of interest to the society Of a nature
too brief to be made the subject Of
a paper, yet Of sufficient importance
to be OF value to anthropologists. The
innovation has already proved the
means Of bringing out a large num-
Der OF valuable suggestions and bits
would have escaped.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-11-26
HOW A SNAKE MOVES.


popular Reptile.
Now any one who has looked at the
skeleton OF a snake-and it is really
a very beautiful 0biect-will have
been struck By the great number Of
ribs. which may be as many as ten
hundred and fifty pairs. In these
lies the secret OF the ability OF the
serpent to do some Of the wonderful
things. The lower end Of each
rib IS connected With one Of the
broad scales that run along the under
side Of the snake. and when rib is
twisted slowly backward. II pushes
on the scale. the edge Of the scale
catches on the ground or whatever
object his snakeship may be resting
on. and the body Of the snake Is push
ed just q little bit forward. OF course,
each rib moves the body but a mere
triie. but where the ribs are so
many. and they are moved one after
another, the result is that the snake
moves slowly but steadily ahead.-St
Nicholas.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-11-26
tribute 70 Binds.

A number of Parlsians who were in
the siege have decided to erect q
monument to the memory Of the pig
cons that carried the dispatches
which kept up communication with
the outside world. It viii consist Of
a pedestal surmounted by a bronze
vase, on which will be cast a group Of
the birds that proved Of such utility
TO the French. The committee in
cludes the names OF many well-known
literary and scientific people. The
gratitude comes somewhat late, for
after the war the pigeons in ques-
tion were sold by auction and COM
meocrated in pigeon pies.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-11-26
Hard to Cure

An inhabitant Of CregIngen, in
Wurtemberg. whose name IS Fritz
hoffman. claims to be the champion
benedict Of the world. He has been
married no fewer a than eleven
times. His first three wives died
young. the next two we're drowned.
one committed suicide. three died in
succession. the tenth was g0red to
death By a bull, and he has just re-
Gently married the eleventh. who had
a leg cut OF By 3 railway train last
year. SO that the wedding had 10 be
postponed till now.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-11-26
a nosr POPULAR SPEECH.
Effort Of New York ciubman That
Has Become Historic.

Has Become Historic.
It vas at dinner at the Tilden
club. Several men had responded 70
toasts. when finally a clubman well
known in society. something OF a
frst-nighter. and who practices law
when the mood is on him. was called
on for a speech. He is known as a
raconteur. but his ability to entertain
a crowd IS rather that Of story
teller when demi-tasse and cigars
are served than as an orator with
sonorous delivery. He IS quite
wealthy
Gentlemen. he began, 4 do not
know Why I have been called on for
a speech The honor should have
been awarded to others. However. I
have one qualification It is that ]
know how 10 be brief
Gentlemen. this is all I have TO
say It is a speech In i've words. and
here IT is. Let me pay the bill
The applause which followed the
short speech can be imagined. 1t was
unquestonably the greatest after
dinner speech that had ever been de-
IiYered in the Tilden club. It has be-
come historic.-New York Mail and
Express.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-11-26

A beautiful private yacht. well
known in European and Asiatic
waters. has for skipper a silent man
whose face bespeaks a history. He
was formerly captain of the great
steamship China, which. when but
two years old, went aground at full
speed in the Straits OF Bah eI Man
deb. near the Red Sea During a ban
quet in the saloon, a beautiful wom-
an was claiming the captains atten-
tion. Word was brought from the
bridge that lights were in sight; then
lights fifty yards away; then lights
upon u.s." But Lady X urged the
captain to take one more glass OF
wine with her, and while they drank
that last glass the crash came. For
tunately, no one perished. but the
good ship was ruined and the captain
was dismissed from the service.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-11-26
FIELD roR ST. PATRICK.
MultItudes Of Snakes lnfest Northeast
ern Assiniboia.

ern Ae2lnlDOias
A st. Patrick IS required to drive
out the snakes that infest northeast
ern Assiniboia, Canada, where the
Swan river is Joined BY little stream
known as Snake creek. Millions OF
the reptiles find a home among the
surrounding rocks and the river bot
toms. On warm day the snakes
leave their hiding places and bask in
the sun.
Although the district is uninhahited
parties Of travellers have come upon
the scene when the ground is covered
by this loathsome army. II is a curl
Gus sight to see the reptiles forming
themselves into ball-shaped masses
and proceed with a half-rolling, half
sliding motion. They are Of the com
mon garter variety and quite harmless.
There is only one other quarter OF the
globe that rivals the district, and that
is on the China sea, where the snakes
are in such numbers as TO form an
almost solid mass when they take to
the water.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-11-26

After studying and photographing
more than 10000 pairs Of ears Of per
sons. including those Of 1000 insane
and 500 criminals. and those of 800
animals. an English criminologist IS
forced to conclude that the ear gives
no clew TO personal traits. This is a
hard blow 70 so-caIled scientists who
think they can pick out the enemies
Of society by the angles at which the
latter wear their ears.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-11-26
Tea Was No, Missed.

The late Augustus Hare was fond
Of relating an amusing incident
which illustrated the absent-minded-
ress Of his cousin. Dean Stanley, and
Dr. Jowett. Both were quite devoid
Of either taste or smell and for some
reason both were inordnately fond
Of tea. One morning they had each
drunk eight cups when suddenly, as
Jowett rose from the table. he ex-
claimed. Good graciousi I forgot
70 put the tea in" Neither had MOTTO
ed the omission as they slipped their
favOrite beverage.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-11-26

Amos Martin Of Princeton. Pa. has
just passed his one hundred and sixth
birthday. He was a Highland piper
al the battle OF Waterloo. When he
married his first wife. who was a spin
ster and owned a farm. he drove to
her place with a blind horse. found her
in a shed milking COW. held an um-
bralla over her while he proposed In
manner most unconventionai-for II
was raining-and welded her next day.
She died when he was SO years old.
Five years ago he welded a widow
who was 90 years old.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-11-26
The SCENE WAS CHANGED.
Loving Husband Net So Ready With
His Autograph.

Loving Husband Net So Ready With
His Autograph.
He kissed devotedly the hand that
passed him tae autograph album. and
wrote therein.
4 write my name upon this virgin
page Would that I could iHscribe il
upon the purer scroll Of your heart in
that invisible ink which shall only
appear when the thing upon which il
is written is warmed at the fires Of
love which takes no n6te OF time."
That as a year ago. They are mar
ried now. and when she asks him for
his autograph. in the shape OF good
~ sized check, TO liquidate her millin-
cry bin. he grasps that album or a
larger book, II handy, and threatens
70 throw il at her
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-11-26
Enolish shsno5sied.

The wife Of a European official. re-
Gently arrived in Shanghai. vas sur
prised one afternoon 10 receive the
following chit"
Dear Madam. This morning you
have order to US Of a teak music
cabinet is not right to at what you
told me as the picture. The picture
only one drawers can have folding.
and other four drawers All Of puily
out Please you may come down to
see and thanks"
The lady hurried down al once to
pully out the tangle.-TitBits.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-11-26
DIDN'T MIND BLACK FLIES.
But Brush Away That Durned Bee,
Said the Guide,

1~N @NA@tA F-fNAI tt-~ 0@AAA~@ A~~f
Said the Guide,
A guide in the Maine woods was
Dragging the other day about his in
difference 10 the attacks Of the black
flies, from which those in tlis party
were suffering greatly A so bet
was made that he couldn't let the
flies settle for five minutes on his
bare back.
The guide stripped, and the insects
CAME in good numbers and began TO
bite. He did not vince. Then one of
the party got behind him, took a
burning glass out Of his pocket, and,
the sun being out, focused it on the
guides shoulder The guide squirmed
and wriggIed. He stood it for some
seconds. then he blurted ont:
Il can stand all the back flies in
Maine, but brush away that burned
beet
He won the bet.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-11-26
Children win Banking Accounts.

Children With Banking Accounts.
The town Of Nous. Belgium. is de-
sirous Of abOlishing poverty within
its borders. TO this end every child
is officially registered as soon as ID
IS born. and a banking account open
ed in its name By the municipal an
thOrities with a deposit Of twenty
cents. By the time the child sttains
his majority a small sum awaits him
to assist his starting in business.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-11-26

When steel is exposed TO the action
Of sea water and the weather il is
said to corrOde at the rate Of an inch
in eighy-two years; an inch OF iron
under the same conditions cOTodes
in $50 years. When exposed 10 fresh
water and the weather the periods
are 170 years for steel and 630 years
for iron.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-11-26
FRANKLIN A GREAT AMERICAN.
Plan to Celebrate Anniversary Of His
Birth Is Worthy.


Birth Is Worthy.
The American Philosophical socie-
ty's plan TO celebrate in 1906 the two
hundredth anniversary of the birth Of
Franklin the great founder OF the
society, is particularly appropriate
and happy. A signer Of the declara-
tion Of independence. a stout patriot
on every occasion, a man of vast re-
source, whose labors in the constitu-
tional convention it is impossible to
over-estimate; wise and skillful
diplomatist, who was instrumental in
bringing about the French alliance,
without which the history Of the world
might have been different; a sage.
counselor. wit. and man Of the world.
he shows in his life and career how it
is possible to start with nothing and
from nothing. and to render great serv-
ices TO his country, TO win the world"
and gain immortal fame.