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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-05-11
Disease the Ally Of War.

The dispatch from ST. Petersburg to
the effect that an epidemic of cholera
and typhoid is threatened at Harbin,
the Russian military base in Man
churia. is surprising only by reason
Of the fact that II was permitted to
pass the censorship. The streets are
filthy with accumulations OF decom-
posing organic refuse; the river Sun
gari, from which the public water
supply is taken. is polluted to a dan
gerous degree; no facilities for ade-
Iquate filtration have been provided,
and the shallow wells which are the
dependence Of those who do not draw
from the river are little better than
pockets In swampy spots which fill
with surface water made dangerous by
the filth accumulations Of the winter.
Russian civilization has not reached
the stage Of development which rec
ognizes the Importance OF systematic
public sanitation-New York Times.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-05-11
Idyl of HalSted Street

The bad boys sell him for q dime to some
klnd-hearted wight,
And Bruiser sheds pious tear and
fawns in chaste delight.
The boys then whistle for the h0unds he
gallODs down the street
with half a yard Of red hot tongue that
flaps in base deceit
Bruiser Is an Ishmaeite, and Is summed
on Haisted street.
He hangs around the urchins with stone
bruises on their feet,
He sees them shoot the festive dice and
roll the ivory bones,
And when he hears the circus band ne
utters graveyard groans.
Brulser likes Miss Rosey, she once gave
him hot mince pie
Miss Rose was wont TO pat his cayed-in
ribs and p0ut and frown and sigh:
You are an ugly. horrid hound" the
fearful Rose did cry.
You have a clumsy sheepish way, they u
shoot you through the eye
Brulser hates dog catchers. and he scents
them from asar.
He lies so low as on they go like troops
10 the war.
And when they swing the lasso and fain
would rope him in.
He sashays down old Halsted and the
neighbors jeer and grin.
They corralled Bruiser Yesterday, that
fierce dog catcher crew.
They flung the moose around his neck,
he yelped his last adieu.
They'll shoot him thrOu the forehead, !"
the fearful Hosey cries,
HE was such a stupid dOggie, but he
had such big, brown eyesi'
JAMES f. KINSELfsA.
Registry Division, Chicago Postoiiice.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-05-11

Death through the agency Of a meas
ly microbe is becoming a thing so
common that men no longer marvel
at it. In fact. it is almost impossible
now to die OF any old-fashioned dis
ease. Everything must have a bug in
It, even to the otherwise empty attic
OF a crank. Appendicitis is now class
ed as being a bug-promoted aftiiction.
Toothache win doubtless be the next
malady to fall into line. In this con-
nection some simple rules for dodging
the various bugs that would work
havoc in our delicately adjusted sys-
TENS may be appropriate, They are
suggested by a contributor to the
New York Sun, who signs himself
High Price Guesser, M. D., and are as
follows:
May I beg to caution my fellow citi-
zens against using telephones2 The
microbes upon the mouthpiece are a
sure cause of infection. Also against
taking ones meals in restaurants
Nobody knows who uses plates, cups
and saucers. glassware, etcetera. Also
against entering a room where other
persons are. The agitation of the air
caused by ones entrance sets mi
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-05-11
Calls Rabies a "Graft"

gifts. have been mistaken for hydro
phobia. Similar symptoms have been
induced in some cases by intestinal
worms. morbid growths and other dis
turbing causes.
Il know, of course, that dog with
collie or earache or toothache or
worms or epileptic fits is always called
a mad dog. A callow reporter sees or
hears of the case and under a scare
heading he manages to do a lot Of
harm, but you may rest assured that
there never was a genuine case Of
rabies in America.
Some years ago the American Ken
mel club had a committee appointed to
investigate hydrophobia. and they re-
ported just as | say. Whenever l hear
of any city with a lot of mad dogs l
offer to let the worst specimen they
can procure bite me. just to prove that
the dog is not mad None has as yet
accepted my offer
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-05-11


New Yorks Bowery has been de-
scribed in song and story by many
writer's. and now a poet has arisen to
sing about the long-neglected but
almost equally well known Halsted
street. the thoroughfare Of Chicago
which most truly corresponds with
the Street Of All Nations" Of the
eastern metropolis The sad end Of
the popular Bruiser furnishes his
theme
Bruiser oarks like blazes, but he does Il
for a blum
Bruiser Is shaggy hound his tattered
hide is rough
For Bruiser is a yellow dog. cur Of low
degree
He madly wags his sawed on tail and
groWls al you and me;
Bruiser proWls around oar house and
buries juicy bohes.
His nose Is almost worn away from root
ing Jagged stones:
bruiser hOWls for mercy when they hit
him IN the face:
bruisrr moans and buries bones, the
custom Of his race.
Old Bruiser Is an ugly dog with a sheep
ish. rowing eye
And maybe he's a hypocrite. he wags his
tail so high
Bruiser likes his porterhOuse and growler
full of beer.
Bruiser likes canary blrds-the doggy's
taste is queer.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-05-11


The fear Of contagion from disease
microbes which our ancestors never
felt because Ignorance was bliss" to
them seems to be.putting its ban upon
one thing after another One may not
indulge longer in clans. oysters. wa
tercress, spinach. lettuce shaving,
kissing. public library books. feather
busters and numerous everyday neces-
stiles without taking antiseptic pre-
cautions. Now comes a chemist at
Washington who has found a green
back which was the favorite resort Of
144 different kinds Of the disease mi
crobes Startled by the announce
ment. some brokers already are NOV
ing TO protect cashiers and tellers by
disinfecting all currency.
One Boston scientist has suggested
the placing Of cotton waste. saturated
with formaldehyde. in the safe or
money drawer, and another the pour
ing OF a spoonful Of 1t in vault each
night, which boards Of health say
Will destroy millions Of germs. Some
bankers are inclined to sniff at the
precautions. They rightly affirm that
the ricrobe. though comparatively
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-05-11
The Man That Laughs

When you feel depressed go where
you can find a mirror and look at
yourself in the glass What do you
see2 A tace as long and as serious
as a deacons. forlorn. detected hu-
man being, apparently without friend
on earth.
Now begin: draw your face up into
the semblance of a smile: make It
broader and broader until you pro
duce a nearly perfect representation
outwardly Of the merriest spirit in the
worid-then laugh outright hal ha,
hai hal hal ha has hal ha hal hal
ha. By the time you have hnished a
dozen or rsore ha hast you viii
ifeel as x ron never know trouble
Try it.
The lauSa viii work its way from
the ontside toward the inside ana sea
Wiz iesi good al eyer..-New Ensiara
Grocer.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-05-11

''UncIe Dick Fellows, breeder of
dogs. whose home is at Hornellsville,
n. u, declares that hydrophobia is
all imagination and the invention Of
physicians and specialists to secure
practice. AS he puts it, 1T is a
graft"
Il have handled 10000 dogs a year.
have been bitten hundreds of times,
and care no more for dog bite than
a scratch Of pin" he said to the
writer. Foolish and unreasonable
periodical scares have prevailed ever
since public attention was drawn to
Pasteur and his crank followers TWEEN
ty years ago.
This has had bad effect on the
public mind, magnifying the danger of
a very rare disease. which is so slight
that it does not deserve public notice.
Many other diseases. such as tetanus,
epilepsy. mania. cerebrospinal menin-
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-05-11


The little aspen tree stands high
Upon the hill that guards the lane;
Her leaves are green as emeralds
Her prattle Is like dancing rain;
She eossips to the wind the sky.
And we are comrades. she and /.
I climb the hill at evenfall;
She stands 50 high she may look down
And whisper me II you have turned
The winding highway from the town.
And IN the winds arm bend to see
And murmur that you haste to me-
And with her hundred voices tell
Each step you take to reach my side.
And laugh in merry mockery.
Pretend TO sc0ld. and weep and chide,
And stand a moment mute in grief
Then laugh with every rustling leaf.
And when at last you take my hands
And call my name in mimicry.
She chatters Il a dozen times.
And then. in gay and elfish glee,
Attunes her happy leaves 70 this
The lisping cadence Of a kiss.
--rhe0aosia Garrison.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-05-11
IN AN OLD TRUNK.
eaby Finds a Bottle Of carboIie Acid
and Drinks It.

saby Firds a Bottle Of carboIie Acid
and Drinks It.
While the mother was unpacking
an old trunk little IS months old
baby got hold Of a bottle Of carbolic
acid while playing on the floor and
his stomach was so badly burned it
was feared he would not live for he
could not eat ordinars, foods. The
mother says in telling OF the case:
1T was all two doctors could do to
save him as It burnt his throat and
stomach so bad that for two months
after he took the poison nothing
would lay on his stomach. Finally
took him iuto the country and tried
new milk and that was no better fof
him. His Grandma finally suggested
Grape-Nuts and l am thankful | adopt.
ed the food for he commenced to get
better right away and would not eat
anything else. Ee commenced to get
1eshy and his cheeks like red roses
and now he is entirely well.
Il took him to Matamoras on a visit
and every place we went to stay to
eat he called for Grape-Nuts and l
would have to explain how he came
to call for It as It was his main food.
'sThe names Of the physicians who
attended the baby are Dr. Eddy Of
this town and Or. Geo. Gale Of New.
port, O.. and any one can write to
me or to them and learn what Grape
Nuts food win do for children and
srown-ups too" Name given BY
Postum Co. Battle Greek. Mich.
Look IN each pkg for the famous
little book. "The Road 70 WellYille 4"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-05-11
EASY ONE TO ANSWER.

Little Sunday School Scholar Knew
All About II.
The woman reporter was interview
ing Senator Arthur p German about
suffrage. The astute politician an
swered with a story:
Now, young woman, what would
happen to men If women entered poll
tics? Why, they are keener than we
are even in their Sunday schools and
we wouldn't stand any chance with
them.
IN one OF the few Sunday school
classes / ever addressed | was non
plussed by a miss Of six summers. !
was telling the girls the story Of the
seven wise and seven foolish virgins,
and / asked what we might learn from
the beautiful story, when little bios
som in blue replied
That's easy enough; learn 70 keep
our eyes peeled for bridegroom! !! -
New York Times.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-05-11
WHERE 4Hosos" COME FROM
Fourteen Weary WillIes7 Plead
Guilty to Vaqraney

Fourteen WEARY Willies" Plead
Guilty to Vaeraney
In police court at Des Moines. Ia,
last week fourteen men arrested for
yagrancy plead guilty to tho charge.
Before dismissal the court ELECTED
from each reason for their present
condition. They gave their places Of
residence or where they had lived
previous to their going on the road
Some Of the answers to the judges
queries seem to be given in all seri.
BUSINESS while others are apparently
given in a joking mood, yet reading
between the lines there is reason in
them. Here are the names and an
swers as recorded which show who
tramps are. where they come from
and what makes them-questions that
have perplexed the world for years:
John Brown-Booze made me a
hobo. / come from New York City
Ben Hogan--women done it, yer
honor. | belong in Baltimore.
Frank Bakers Spent my money too
freely when | had good Job. My
homes in San Francisco.
Geo Bonrage-Old neighbor wo-
men talked to my wife too much. I'm
from a little town in southern Iowa
F. Welland-I amt got no home.
I was born with a circus. played with
the hyenas, an my iife's been one
long, continuous performance.
Mike Shea--Tve been tired ever
since I was born. I'm from Phila-
delphia.
Edward Davis-Shot craps when
was kid. Always bucked the other
fellows game. My homes in Denver.
VIM. FollS-Had to beg my father
for quarter to get dime. l belong
in Ohio.
Joe Flynn had government job
too young. I'm from Washington, d.
c.
John Hucley-My wife's mother I'M
dertook to live with us. Kansas City
Mike McMahan-I'm carpenter
We struck for IS and eight hours
work a day with holidays Saturday
afternoon in Chicago.
w. Lofday-I runna de peanut
stand. Ny wife-a she pawn it in Ho
boken.
VIM. Hyde-Aiother always had
corn-bread for dinner. indianapolis
Ind.
Carl Moseman-I am a composer Of
music. Somebody introduced rag
time. My home is in Berlin
Following the recently established
st. Louis custom, Judge Mathis pass
ed them on. giving each just one houI
to leave the city.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-05-11
GOT UP TOO HIGH.
Fiattery That Left the Recipient
somewhat Uneasy.

Fiattery That Left the Recipient
Somewhat Uneasy.
Irving Bacheller. novelist and after
dinner speaker. says that the aattery
hurled at him during recent years has
been as nothing compare 10 the dose
he received from an oid farmer on
the day of his graduation from
college. On that occasion Mr.
Bacheller was one Of the senior
class's commencement orators After
the usual fashion OF college speakers,
he got rid of many high-sounding
words and wound himself up into
varied fourishing gestures. When it
was all over, the old farmer ap-
preached;
wal" said he to the young gradu-
ate. you sure did make the finest
speech ever heard. Great. You jes'
riz right up In the air. and no burned
fool in that thar crowd could under
stand a word you wuz talkin about -
New York Times.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-05-11

A man with good laugh is vel
come anywhere; people are glad to
see him: he makes them laugh. radi-
ates good cheer on every side.
When he laughs he begins some
where inside down about the stomach,
the spirit moves from within, and
manifests itself outwardly by a broad
grin on the face. Now If you have the
blues and a laughing man meets you.
you naturally respond with a broad
grin outwardly, and it works its way
inwardly. doesn't it2 When 1t gets,
inside you feel bettc-. nd II you laugh
long enough the 'blues" are gone for
that da5 It's a mechanical process
pure and slinple-
When we get the blues it's certain
there Is something wrong inside. and
am going to show you how to get
rid o. them without waiting for the
man with the laugh.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-05-11
Half Time In Bed.

Mount Hor. Ky. May 9th.-The rec
ords Of medicine in this state do not
contain a more interesting and in
structive case than that Of Mrs. Lille
Jacobs OF Mount Hor. Mrs. Jacobs
tells the particulars Of her case as
follows:
For six years had to keep to my
bed half the time. When l did get up
| was not able to walk across the
house without just gasping for breath
I had kidney trouble in the worst
form. in fact, was a total wreck y
pained me fearfully to urinate and my
back ached all the time.
Now / am well for Dod@s Kidney
pills have entirely cured me. ! saw
an advertisement Of this remedy and
bought one box. l experienced so
much benefit from this that kept on
till I was cured completely.
Il can do my own housework and can
walk around as well as ever with per-
feet ease and strength. Just now I
am helping to make garden. l feel
like a new woman and owe il all 70
Dodd's Kidney Pills"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-05-11
Answered Goodwin.

Nat Goodwin years ago was playing
IN short farce in which the curtain
rose on an empty stage. and he strobe
on with coat over his arm, and loud
" called "Unclei Unclei"
He was to receive no reply and after
a pause. should have gone on with
monologue. But gallery god" took
upon himself to answer the actor.
"All right. I'm coming in minute
How much do you want on it," he
shouted.
The effect on the audience may be
imagined
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-05-11
Gasoline EnoInes.

It can be understood to what a
nicely the mechanism OF a gasoline
engine Is adjusted when it Is stated
that TO make 1000 revolutions min.
ute means that in a four-cycIe engine
there are 500 sprays OF gasoline fore
ed into the cylinder. 500 times the
electric battery makes a spark, and
500 times the escape valve is opened
to let the gas out.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-05-11

When Daniel sully. the Cotton
King" Of a few weeks, was walking
down Fifth avenue the other afternoon
he was accosted by business ac.
quaintance with the remark
Wen, Sully. how goes things by
this times"
"Oh, I'm on my feet again, answer
ed Sully, cheerfully.
What 50 soong' replied his friend
incredulously.
YES; I've sold my horses" replied
sully New York Times.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-05-11
THE DAILY EXPRESS


George Moore says Of Walter Pa
ter that he wrote with difhculty, and
each sentence Of his books was writ
ten out on separate piece OF paper.
Once, when Arthur symons pointed
out a sentence he could not under
stand-a long. intricate sentence Of
ten lines or more-Pater examined IL,
comma by comma. puzzled look up
On his face all the while. AT last he
said: Il see-the printer has omitted
a dash"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-05-11
National church Convention.

In order to give expression to
widespread movement toward religi-
Gus comfy, the National Federation
Of Churches Is preparing for a nation
al convention OF evangelical denomi-
nations to be held next year Practi-
cally all religious bodies in this coun-
try. except the Roman Catholics. Will
be asked to participate in this con
vention.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-05-11

ArfiUctdt FtoWerA Mduc OF WOOL
One Of the most beautiful uses to
which wood-hber has been put is the
manufacture of artificial flowers. They
are a new thing in town. and are only
to be had at one shop that makes a
business OF selling novelties when they
are novelties. Thus far the only flow
ers made OF this material are pink
roses. violets and white and purple
lilacs, with the necessary leaves The
vioIets are made in Philadelphia and
sell for 81 a bunch, while the other
blooms" come from Japan, the roses
selling for 81 each. The imitation is
remarkably close. both in color. form
and texture.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-05-11

"Mr MilIyuns." said the poor but
aristocratic widow. "allow me to pre-
sent my three charming daughters I"
Good heavens, madam exclaimed
young Millyuns, there must be mis-
take somewhere I'm not senator
from Utah"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-05-11
Mortality Among Army surgeons.

From an Interesting study made by
an Italian medical journal as to the
dangers incident to army surgeons
during the war it appears that in the
Russian army at least the doctor runs
quite as much danger as the combat
ant During the Crimean war SS4
Russian surgeons perished out Of a
total Of 1883 employed. During the
Russo Turkish war 531 Russian sur
geons died in the hospitals and lazar-
ettos connected with the army.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-05-11
Lanauaae ProbIem.

The English language, writes
correspondent to the LondoR Globe,
contains three words. to, too, and two,
sounded alike. Now. II Is easy to
say There are three to-too-two's in
English" but how would you write 1t.
using one Of the words only? That is,
would the plural be "to's." "too's, OF
"two's"g
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-05-11

A curious sight on the coast Of Java
is long stretch OF shore, about
twenty-nine miles In length. whera
the sand is filed with particles OF
magnetic iron. In some places il Is
said that the surface sand contains
so per cent Of iron. It can be smelt-
ed. and a company has been formed
70 exploit the deposits.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-05-11

As a general thing the negro IL a
spendthrlft He blows in every dol
lar he can get including all that he
can borrow from simpleminded fe-
male cooks and wash-women, and a
good many OF the whites are not any
better.-G Dallas News.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-05-11

Bill Axletree-I can't understand
why there amt any mail fur me. ,
lever done anything to you.
Rural Postmaster-Yo amt. hey?
Didn't you mail a postal keerd last
week saying you bet I'd read every
word Of Il?
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-05-11

A scholarship valued at $3.50 has re
Gently been established In the New
Mexico School Of Mines. open to the
best member OF the graduating class
OF each year desiring to make a spe
eial study OF minera. machinery IN
the large manufacturing works.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-05-11

The playing Of golf on Sundays Is
practiced to such an extent that In
certain parish in England. it is said.
the hour OF services has been changed
to suit the convenience Of players.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-05-11

Very favorable results have been
had so far with the experimental rails
ing OF cotton IN Paraguay. namely, a
large yield, a long and fine fiber and
great resistance Of the plant.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-05-11

There is a wild flower in Turkey
which is the exact floral image OF
humming bird. The breast is green,
the wings are deep rose color. the
throat yellow. the head and beak al
most black
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-05-11

Il can give you some cold meat,
said the housewife.
"Ain't you got any broth or mush7"
asked the tramp.
DO you prefer that to meat?"
eslsfe. It amt 50 much work 10
aat Ihn
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-05-11

The British public has humor, even
though II be unconscious. as the fol.
lowing advertisement for cook
lady" in a local paper. proves: Cook
wanted: no objection to a Christian
provided she is also good cook"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-05-11

Great guns" exclaimed the absent
minded man. Il just struck the light
ed end Of this cigar in my mouth"
How fortunate you we're in discov-
erIng it at once. dear" rejoined his
good Chicago News.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-05-11

Pawnbrokers and bankers in Russia
are suffering from the blows admins.
tered to them by the State bank. The
bank advances money on all kinds OF
goods at an anaaal interest Of AZ pei
cent.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-05-11

Charles P. Taft, Of Cincinnati, has
purchased Corot's lie Soir" for SIS.
600 and Diaz's Autumn, Forest Of
FontaInbleau,p for ss5. 200 from New
York dealer.